Russian National Drowns in Phan Thiet
26-year-old Russian tourist Andrey Dubiwin drowned while swimming in the sea at the Ganh Mui Ne Resort in Phan Thiet City, central Binh Thuan Province, on Monday.
Mui Ne gets a dOSe
dOSe duo, DJs Scrambled Edge and Jan Hagenkoetter, are taking their decks to the coastal town of Mui Ne, Phan Thiet, for the first time ever this weekend.
Tet Buffet at Sunrise Nha Trang
Sunrise Nha Trang Beach Hotel and Spa is putting on a lavish Tet buffet at their Imperial restaurant between Jan. 23 until Jan. 27.
Street Muggings on the Rise in Nha Trang
According to online newspaper, Thanh Nien News, foreign tourists have reported an increasing number of muggings in the beach resort town of Nha Trang.
The Return of Tioman
Before Koh Phi Phi and Vietnam’s own Con Dao, there was the Malaysian island of Tioman. In the 1970s, Time Magazine called this jewel 30 kilometres off Malaysia’s eastern coast one of the most beautiful islands in the world. Since then, however, Tioman has slipped down the rankings and rarely receives foreign recognition — perhaps thanks to the absence of real estate behemoths building super resorts.