Asian Development Bank (ADB) will continue to finance the second phase of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) sustainable tourism development project in Quang Tri, Thua Thien – Hue, Quang Binh, Bac Kan and Cao Bang provinces, with total initial capital of more than 20 million USD from 2008 to 2013. 
 

As summer approaches, those interested in adventure activities are heading to Ha Long Bay, taking to the seas in slender kayaks to traverse the glassy waters.

The area was their only escape from the social prejudice inflicted on them in the cities and towns of the country.

That was then, and this is now. And now dictates that the thatched huts will likely be torn down to make way for luxury hotels and the whirr of the roulette table.