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One of the most important constructions is the route from Nguyen Tat Thanh Street to Diamond Bay’s Nha Trang Tourism and Entertainment Site.”
One of the most important constructions is the route from Nguyen Tat Thanh Street to Diamond Bay’s Nha Trang Tourism and Entertainment Site.”
Miss Universe 2008 organizing company Unicorp. is cooperating with Cam Ranh Airport to build a modern terminal.
A 12.5-kilometer stretch of the 40-kilometer road linking the airport with Nha Trang will see flowering plants on both sides.
The provincial authorities will ask local businesses this week to plant trees and flowers on this stretch.
Than said instead of displaying billboards, the businesses could promote themselves by installing lights and maintaining plants which would survive well after the pageant ended.
Each business can maintain a few hundred meters up to a maximum of 1 km.
According to Unicorp., 584 Joint Stock Company, the contractor, will complete construction of the Crown Convention Center by the end of May, and install lighting and sound equipment and do the interiors by mid-June.
On a 10,000 square meter site in the Nha Trang Tourism and Entertainment Area, the center will be a world class indoor facility capable of seating 7,500.
Organizers said the nearby international press center would provide media people everything they needed.
Hospitality
Unicorp. said the city would add 324 five-star rooms and suites in Diamond Bay before the contestants arrived on June 15.
The Miss Universe pageant, to be held for the first time in the country, is sure to see Nha Trang attracting thousands of commercial visitors and tourists.
Organizers said some 700 international VIPs, contestants and their relatives would be lodged in four- and five-star hotels and resorts.
The Khanh Hoa Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said by June - when the preliminary events are scheduled - the city’s 400 hotels would be able to offer over 8,800 rooms, 1,350 of them of four- or five-star quality.
The Department of Transports said Nha Trang had some 500 taxis and over 1,200 public buses and cars for hire, which would ensure ease of transport for visitors.
Vehicles could also be mobilized from neighboring cities and provinces in an emergency, it said.
Security
The Police Department said it was preparing for anti-terrorism maneuvers in Diamond Bay at the beginning of June.
Hundreds of local officers and soldiers would take part in the drills to be supervised by experts from the Ministry of Public Security, it added.
This article appeared on thanhniennews.com
April 23, 2008
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Nha Trang is a perfect spot to host a Miss Universe pageant, and I wish it success. Nha Trang (and Viet Trung women in general) were always known for their beauty, and very few national dresses can match the Ao Dai for its classic styling mixed with simple grace. I had the good fortune to reside in Dien Khanh from January thru May 1968, so got to know Nha Trang intimately. Recent return trips have only confirmed my fondest memories of the city, though there are far more Viet Bac than formerly, as evidenced by a small number of restaurants selling Thit Cho. All old timers hate to see their favorite city change, but Nha Trang has managed change fairly well. I believe I can safely speak on bahalf of all my former Team members (A-502) in saying that we wish Nha Trang well in this endeavor. Oh, a minor point. Flowers along the new Nha Trang - Cam Ranh connector road are superflous. The seaside cliff and ocean vista itself is quite stunning.
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