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Vietnam Open Tour News & EventsFRIDAY 14 AUGUST, 2009 |
 Largest rat market in Vietnam Phu Dat market in the southern province of An Giang is known as the biggest mouse market in Vietnam.
This special market is located on the bank of Phu Dat canal, along National Highway No. 91.
According to a senior rat trader at Phu Dat, named Khanh Duy, a kilo of rats is priced at 20,000 dong, which is high in comparison with rice. Hunting rats has become an extra job for many farmers in the Mekong Delta. Many rat traders travel to Cambodia to buy rats.
Khanh Duy said that in the rat season, which runs from the fourth to the eight lunar months, Cambodian partners supply 1.5 to 2 tonnes of rats to the Phu Dat market. From Phu Dat, mice are transported to small markets and restaurants throughout the country.
Besides rat traders, Phu Dat market has a team of rat processors.
Phu Dat is a very old market. Local people say that even they don’t know when this market was opened. An old woman who processes rats at Phu Dat market said that at least four generations of people in this land have earned their incomes from this market.
Phu Dat village has 670 families and over 300 of them earn their incomes from this market.
Apart from the Phu Dat rat market in An Giang, there is another market in Long An province named Moc Hoa and some markets along the Vietnam-Cambodia border. VietNamNet/KH&DS
Binh Thuan’s tourism bucks the trend The coastal province of Binh Thuan, known for its resort town of Phan Thiet some 200km north of HCMC, has still gained big success in tourism so far this year despite the gloomy picture for the country’s hospitality industry, a tourism official said.
Lien said around 187,000 visitors were foreigners, up 30%, while the number of local travelers was 10% higher. The main source markets of the province’s inbound tourism are Russia, Germany, Sweden, South Korea, and France. She said during the period, hotels and resorts in Binh Thuan enjoyed an average room occupancy rate of around 60%, largely owing to local tourists flocking to the resort city during the summer vacation. “Such facilities (resorts) are almost full every Friday to Sunday of this summer season thanks to the domestic travelers,” Lien said. She also said hotels and resorts there have been offering good promotions to attract both foreign and local people. “I can mention many hotels and resorts that are giving best prices for tourists, such as the Pandanus Resort offering one night free for every two nights staying there. Other travel service providers are doing the same to attract tourists,” Lien said. However, the official admitted that Binh Thuan’s tourism might face a decline in international arrivals in the high season toward the end of this year and early 2010. “Bookings for the high season are not promising,” she said. The coastal province has around 130 hotels and resorts. The province expects to welcome 2.2 million tourists this year, compared to last year’s figure of around two million. In the first seven months of the year, Vietnam welcomed nearly 2.2 million international visitors, or a fall of 18.7% year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office. VietNamNet/SGT
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