Wednesday 24 April 2019

Vietnam Experienced Its Highest Temperature: 43C, April 2019


Vietnam broke its national high temperature record Saturday, the latest in a mounting list of records to fall as the world continues to warm.


The scorcher set the mercury thermometer soaring to 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.4 Celsius) in the community of Huong Khe, a rural district in Ha Tinh province. It’s situated in Vietnam’s northern central coast region, about 150 miles south of the capital, Hanoi. Its average temperature is in the 80s at this time of year.


A temperature of 110 degrees is enough to soften your crayons, liquefy chocolate and raise the temperature inside a parked car past 140 degrees.

The record was first reported by Etienne Kapikian, a forecaster with Meteo France, France’s meteorological agency.
Sweltering heat covered the entire Indochina peninsula over the weekend. Danang hit 100 degrees. Hue topped 105.

Much of Vietnam’s southern third has held in the 90s the past few days. Ho Chi Minh City experienced a high of 95 Monday.
What makes the heat even more striking is that it’s only April. Most places in Vietnam see their hottest temperatures in June or July.
Nguyen Vo lives in Danang. She’s part of a team that just concluded an environmental governance project with the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam. “We have a quote in Vietnamese,” she joked. “There are two seasons here: hot and hotter.”
But lately, the heat has been brutal.
“We’ve been scorching hot. The weather has been a bit strange lately. I had to purchase clothes for cold weather in February, but it ended up being so warm, I didn’t use them,” she said.

Phuong Hoang was in Hue when the temperatures climbed above 100 degrees. “It is unbreathable outside in this heat,” she wrote. “The temperature at 6 a.m. is already 85-88 degrees.” That’s before the sun even came up.
The heat’s not just uncomfortable, she said. It’s taking a toll on residents.
“It is so hard to carry on your day in this,” she wrote. “But people have to. That’s the sad part.”

Air conditioning in Vietnam is primarily available to wealthier individuals. That sort of privilege is rare — the average monthly salary for most workers is less than $150 a month.
Hoang said the hot weather comes on the heels of a dry 2018. “Due to lack of rain, the hydropower dams are working with little water upstream,” she said.
Hoang works with government and private sector leaders to arrange educational programs studying climate impacts in Vietnam. Now she’s getting a firsthand glimpse of just how bad things will continue to get.
“It affects our daily life,” she said.
Saturday’s record follows news that March was the second-warmest on record for the globe.



Friday 16 June 2017

Hoi An, Vietnam rescue plan

Hoi An, Vietnam rescue plan.

WhatsOrb Global Sustainability X-Change


“It was only since the 60th that we got our first glance on our planet from space. It was one of the biggest mind changers ever. At that moment we started to realize that we are all united in one big Eco system on a planet named ‘Mother Earth’! It’s all we have, be respectful to it.”


Click also on: http://greenapplehoian.blogspot.com/2013/08/green-apple-hoi-blog.html
                                http://greenapplehoian.blogspot.com/2014/10/hoi-vietnam-in-dire-state.html 

Hoi An's rescue plan!



  • 1. Dike & Lock building in 3 phases
  • 2. Public transport system
  • 3. Separate lanes for bicycles
  • 4. Construct buildings which integrate in the existing landscape
  • 5. Education on all levels

1. Dike & Locks
Before writing about the solutions which Hoi An could save from further decay on the environmental and tourism front there are some very important issues where all who are involved have to be convinced of to make this ‘rescue operation a success!



  • Start to accept advice from engineering bureaus who built up expertise around the world about tackling flooding and erosion problems.

  • Use the funds you have or get offered for the fully 100 % to save your town.

  • You have to start today! No delays, no excuses. There is a tomorrow and your children and the world expect something left to make a living of.

  • This problem is so big you need to make it a national & international issue!

  • Get foreign companies involved with expertise in this field to manage this immense project.


About the erosion problems at Cua Dai- and An Bang Beach!



Erosion always has been on our planet! It’s the same with climate change. But humanity can accelerate certain processes.

We all can agree that if you stick your head in a car and connect the exhaust pipe inside you are dead in 5 minutes. For that reason we can conclude that all this CO2 in our environment isn't a good idea!
One of the many local residence area's and sand dunes bulldozed away. An Bang.

It’s the same with erosion: bulldozing sand dunes away, cutting all the trees, building hydro dams which stop sediment flowing down and fresh water, taking away mangrove, water coconut trees, re-routing rivers, building into the sea, etc accelerates erosion!



So we start today or just say we don’t take Hoi An’s problems serious!



A project of 5 to 10 years



I suggest to build protection for the erosion- and seawater level rising in 3 phases which can be done in a time-frame of 5 to 10 years.

So stop the Cua Dai Bridge project partly and make only a connecting road from the bridge directly west in the direction of Hoi An.



Something about Phase 2 and 3



Phase 2 and 3 are to keep water out of Hoi An and suburbs and to regulate the water flow in such a way that the damage to houses is as little as possible.
Flooding on Cam Nam Island.

Hoi An is situated in a delta and therefore prone to flooding. Because the enormous urbanization in this area – An Hoi, Cam Nam and Cam Kim - some flooding will always be part of the environment.



What can be done at An Hoi, Cam Nam and Cam Kim



What can be done is change a lot of concrete and asphalt by ‘road cover’ which is water permeable. Also all the self made ‘concrete connections’ between gardens and streets have to be removed. One of the biggest problems with flash rain fall is that the rainwater can not be absorbed by the soil because of all the hard cover!



Roads have to be better constructed with the surface of the roads made in such a way that water flows in the direction of rivers instead of houses!!

Drainage system is from a very poor quality and should be revised.
Poor drainage, hard road surface.


No more building on any island and sand plate in the Thu Bon-, Hoi An- and Coco River



Phase 1:



Build wave breakers before the coast to get most of the kinetically power of the waves reduced before it reaches the ‘beach’.

Wave brakers and a protective dike along 'Cua Dai Beach'.



Build underground shore protection, dikes and locks. Start with demolishing all the resorts south of Cua Dai Street. Use the created space for a dike which is anchored in the ground below. Also make artificial sand dunes and plant them with native plants which grow and root fast.



Build groins to catch up drifted sand. By building them in different lengths there is a chance to build up some small beaches for small scale recreation.

Groins to catch up-drifted sand.

Do some tests with mangrove to get more coastal protection.



Phase 2:



Start building a north & south dike in Cam Thanh where original the road to the Cua Dai bridge was planned. It’s an extra buffer to stop a possible influx of water.

Extend it all the way to the dike at Cua Dai Beach and build locks in the river.
An example of a dike with road.

Stop with all the shrimp farms direct south of the Hoi An river and start replanting water coconuts. Use this area as an extra overflow area in case of flooding.




Phase 3:



Start building an east & west dike all along from Cam Thanh along Hoi An till Thanh Ha, the pottery village. From here build it land inwards till a ‘level where flooding stops.

A protective dike all the way from Cam Thanh till Thanh Ha.

Under the dike from Hong Lanh bridge till Cam Thanh it’s possible to make a waste water pipe all the way to Cam Chau or Cam Tanh where a waste water treatment plant has to be build.

This way it’s easy to connect all the waste water outlets which already exist with the main waste pipe to the waste water treatment plant.



The dike in front of the old quarter should be about 2 meter high, wide enough for a footpath, some small trees, a fence and street furniture. Material should be used which fits the old quarter.



Locks should be build in front of the canal mouth between An Hoi and Hoi An. Also a lock between An Hoi And Cam Nam. In combination with a better regulated water flow from the Hydro dam it should prevent damage to the old town.





Generally



Rivers should be dredged for a better water drainage. Especially the Thu Bon River mouth needs a lot of attention.



Hydro electric dams should be better managed.



An Hoi, Cam Nam and Cam Kim - with this solution - will always be effected by floods. A dike around these islands would be very complex and water needs to spread out.

First priority is the old quarter of Hoi An.



Sure people will oppose this idea but it has a lot a of benefits.



Cons:



  • The direct view on the river from street level on Hoi An gets lost.
  • View from An Hoi to Hoi An gets limited.
  • An Hoi, Cam nam and Cam Kim still get flooded.

Pro:



  • The old quarter is protected.
  • Pedestrians can walk save ‘at all times’ along the river on the dike.
  • Pedestrians have an ‘elevated’ view on the river, Hoi An and An Hoi.
  • It’s still possible for tourists to have a view on the river from the first floor of restaurants & cafes. 
  • Easy access to a waste water pipe.
  • A lot of jobs in hospitality will be saved.
       

    Now this is all a simplified way of summing up what has to be done but it's get your   act together or just tell you are not serious about tourism and saving Hoi An. 

Hoi An, Vietnam in a dire state!



Hoi An, Vietnam in a dire state! 


WhatsOrb Global Sustainability X-Change


Introduction:

“I am writing this as a reflection on Thanh Nien News’ OpEd article entitled “Simple Truth: Vietnam Just ‘Not Serious About Tourism'” (which in itself was a response to an article  “Why We Fail and Why They Succeed”).  I find it a shame that such a wonderful country receives such a mixed reputation. Where as 55% of travelers to Thailand return on a second trip, only 5% return to Vietnam.” BUT…….

Tourism started in Hoi An in the early 90th. A beautiful lay backed town with mainly agriculture, fishing, weaving and woodcraft activities.
The old quarter truly existed out of beautiful architecture from the Vietnamese, French and Chinese past.

Now 20 years later, Hoi An is a tourist trap, with mass tourism. It has an overkill of restaurants, souvenir shops, spa’s and what ever you think tourism ‘need’s!
It got a grabbing town with on any corner people grabbing you for what ever service they have on offer. Staff will come out of shops, restaurants and spa’s with “Come in please” and when the tourist refuse it’s followed by “why not” and sometimes accompanied with rude expressions! Local authorities lack any form of guidance!
Successful tourism relies on establishing a basic infrastructure, such as roads, visitor centers, a sewage system, public toilets, parking lots, hotels, education and people willing to offer quality service. Local- and tourist police speaking at least 1 foreign language and showing some interest in their ‘guests’ who brought ‘wealth’ over the last 20 years to Hoi An. The government should have a leading roll in this!
Flood November 2013

Jobs created by tourism are often seasonal and poorly paid, yet tourism can push up local property prices and the cost of goods and services. Money generated by tourism does not always benefit the local community, as some of it leaks out to huge international companies, such as hotel chains.
Destinations dependent on tourism can be adversely affected by events such as terrorism, natural disasters certain deceases like SARS or EBOLA and economic recession.

The visitors

Visitor behavior can have a detrimental effect on the quality of life of the host community. For example, crowding and congestion, drugs and alcohol problems, prostitution and increased crime levels can occur. Tourism can even infringe on human rights, with locals being displaced from their land which happens on a large scale in coastal area’s in Hoi An to make way for new hotels or barred from beaches. 

Interaction with tourists can also lead to an erosion of traditional cultures and values.
Often we can see tourists being loud present! Sharing their experiences about their yummy meals, making photo’s close the local peoples faces, loudly communicating on their mobiles in restaurants or cafes without bothering their fellow dining guests.

Culture & resources

Tourism poses a threat to a region's natural and cultural resources, such as water supply, beaches, coral reefs and heritage sites, through overuse. It also causes increased pollution through traffic emissions, littering, increased sewage production and noise.
It’s clear that in Hoi An were there is still no working sewage system, beaches are eroding, the heritage site ‘Hoi An’ is badly managed and changed in to a shopping center!

Transportation

Traffic its self is getting worse every day! Like everywhere in Vietnam common sense, any awareness about danger, consideration of other road users it just doesn’t exists. Most worrying is that there is no discipline, no authority, no organization who are really want to make a difference. There is no guidance, no police, no teachers, no parents who will correct their children or other road users. In Vietnam every year there are about 12.000 people killed in traffic directly, an unknown amount later in hospitals and thousands left disabled. Vietnamese keep silent!
Tourism brought ‘quick’ money the last 20 years and many can afford a motorbike. So also the group of young people speeding on their bikes especially in the old quarter when the temporary ‘lock down’ is lifted and people on motorbikes can go through the old quarter.
Schoolchildren on electric bikes without helmet and in this case unfortunate without ‘noise’! You just not hear them coming!
Speeding taxis from any company and mini fans who pick up tourists for day tours have no mercy with other people using the road. Major accidents happened already but no change in any form in driving behavior.

Dependence

In Hoi An, 60% of the workforce depends directly or indirectly on tourism.
Economic recession and the impacts of natural disasters such as tropical storms and typhoons as well as changing tourism patterns can have a devastating effect on the local tourism sector.
Already many staff in the past working in the hospitality did not get paid only because it is ‘low season’ or one of the above events had arisen!

Entrance ticket debacle & Restoration of the old quarter

The entrance ticket debacle reached an absolute height around April 2014. While always charged 6 $ and accepted by tourists for visiting museums, old houses the Japanese Bridge and other sights suddenly on all entrance roads to the old quarter ticket boots appeared. It was so badly executed by the government that there has been fights reported between tourists, ticket sellers and town officials.
The excuses from the government where laughable and changed from week to week!
At the moment (October 2014) still people are harassed while ‘officially’ only ‘groups’ larger than 4 have to pay.
From all the money ‘earned’ by the local authorities by selling 6 $ tickets and the money paid by UNESCO and other organizations it’s hard to believe it is nor sufficient to restorate houses in the old quarter!

Click on:  http://vietnam-vietnam.net/hoi-an-town-ticket-entry-complained-by-tourists-authorities-justify/

The Governments Orphan house & NGO’s

The governments orphan house is a big scam. Reported many times on social websites it just goes on. Just a quote!

As a former worker at the Hoi An Orphanage (there for a few years) I can directly attest to the abject corruption in the management there, especially the director. please do not give any money directly to the staff or management. as to the cessation in adoptions, it was done for a very good reason. there was overt "payment for kids" and the Hoi An Orphanage was no exception. there is a very good reason that NO reputable charities are working there anymore. please don’t give them money - you are not helping anything and contributing to the wealth of the administration.

In any case orphan house tourism gives ‘false hope’ to the children and can have a bad effect on their development and treatment. Donations should be done to NGO’s with a good reputation! Let professionals do their work!

Hoi An has to be the most over supported town in Vietnam. There are so many NGOs and charities here to help the disadvantaged, I can’t even count them all!  Every person in this town with a story, with a health issue is very well aware of the charities that exist here and that they can easily access free medical care, education for their children, training opportunities and support for disabled relatives.

Worse developments is that tourists just flocking in and start ‘their’ own little unprofessional help clubs! Hoi An does not need anymore help! Tourists should spend time finding organizations already existing and support them

Never asked yourself; Why don’t Vietnamese help their ‘own’ children?

Tourism & Agriculture & Fishing & River pollution

The demand for electricity, water and food has risen far above Hoi An’s own supply. In case of generating electricity Vietnam has built many hydro electric dams.  Because of this the natural flow of fresh water is ‘blocked’ and therefore agricultural activities are more and more effected by saline intrusion.
An Bang Beach, October 2014
Ad the amount of sewage water, medicines by urination and disposal, chemical waste, plastic, herbicides, pesticides etc it’s no wonder that the amount of fish remain in the Thu Bon River went down with 50 % during the last 30 years.
A massive problem is the seeping of dioxin from ‘storage- and  transshipment points in the surface water, groundwater and soil. A remain of the Vietnam war!

Traffic- speaker noise and air pollution

Traffic, noise and air pollution have increased along with the numbers of tourists. The tranquil small town atmosphere of Hoi An is being lost as large tour buses and other vehicles jam the narrow streets and create noise and air pollution.
Currently over 40 tour boats and over a hundred smaller local boats ply the local rivers, transporting people and goods, while around seven tour boats and more than 50 speed boats take visitors to Cham Island every day. The boats cause significant noise pollution, which is very disturbing for residents and has an adverse effect on the wetland fauna. The increased number of boats in recent years has also intensified riverbank erosion.

Speakers are still added to the local government speaker system, They result in more annoyance to tourists in hotels, home stays, local people etc and takes the nice and quiet atmosphere away especially in the morning when you expect it most in a ‘rural, historical, tranquil, cultural’ town like Hoi An.

Waste Collection and Disposal

The significant increase in tourism in Hoi An since 2001 resulted in the establishment of a formal waste collection service in 2003. Today, the town of Hoi An and peripheral areas are serviced by modern garbage trucks, with daily garbage collection in the downtown area and collection twice a week in outer areas of the town.
Solid waste collection is currently effective, but the system is gradually being stretched to its limit. With the growing numbers of tourists, increasing incomes and increasing consumption of packaged products, the amount of solid waste collected in Hoi An is rapidly rising, putting pressure on waste management capacity and on financial and other resources available for waste management.
The number of waste collection trucks and employees are limited and the roads in the surrounding areas are poor, therefore, surrounding areas are unlikely to receive adequate collection services in the near future. Unfortunately, in the surrounding villages where solid waste collection is not available, waste is burned or dumped in waterways (the ocean and rivers). It is clear that without a suitably funded and effective solid waste management system, the situation could have serious aesthetic and ecological impacts. At the same time, Hoi An faces serious waste water problems. Hoi An does not have an effective waste water treatment and disposal system, so raw sewage and other waste water flows into rivers and other waterways. As tourist numbers grow, guesthouses, restaurants and laundries are generating increasing amounts of waste water,
contributing to increasing pollution in local waterways. Such pollution has adverse impacts on local wildlife and is causing irreparable damage to the natural beauty of Hoi An.

Every month on the 14th of the month Hoi An organizes the lantern festival. Electric lights are dimmed and a beautiful lighted Hoi An opens up it’s doors.
Hoi An likes to be a Eco town in the future. Till now they are not even changing the floating devices - Styrofoam - used in the floating candles which illuminate the rivers. It are small pieces but still Hoi An could make an example.
It’s the same with plastic bags! Nothing is done to get rid of the enormous amount of plastic bags used on the local markets and shops. Fortunate there are some private initiatives!

Construction and Resource Consumption

In response to the rise in tourist numbers, new roads, sidewalks, street lights and drainage infrastructure have been put in place. The new infrastructure does not always suit the historic character of the town, however. For example, new granite sidewalks were installed in the old quarter of Hoi An in 2006. Previously, each house had small brick patios that were consistent with the materials used to build the houses. The new sidewalks are not in the spirit of the place and have compromised the appearance of the ancient streets. With the rapid rise in the number of visitors, there has been a significant increase in construction of restaurants and hotels, particularly along waterways. Such construction is often uncontrolled, with no attention paid to the social and environmental
The 'new' Hoi An, October 2014
impacts of such buildings. Outside of the old quarter of Hoi An, buildings are no longer being built in the traditional style. More and more resorts, hotels and restaurants are being built in the ubiquitous elongated “tube house” style, marring the picturesque countryside and making traditional building styles obsolete.
As tourist numbers increase and the lifestyles of residents change, the consumption of wood, drinking water, energy and other resources is increasing enormously. This consumption is not being managed and is therefore not sustainable in the long term. For example, wood, which is inquired for restoring heritage buildings and making products for residents and tourists, is becoming very scarce. There is no planning and management of existing wood
resources, even though without wood it will not be possible to restore and maintain heritage buildings in the future.
The new roads built in existing urban area’s and new ones lack most an drainage system. The lanes are often built under a wrong angle so instead of getting rid of water it stays in big puddles on the street.
Worse all space often between roads and existing private properties got paved with cement. The courtyards from many houses are also cemented so rain water has no way to go. It adds to the already flooding problems in town.
There are even plans to build more resorts on sand plates in the Thu Bon-, Hoi An- and CoCo river what even more obstruction gives to the water flow in the rivers.

The Home stay debacle!

What is exactly the definition a home stay?

A "home stay" is a cultural exchange in which a person visiting or temporarily staying in another country lives with a family in the host country. Home stays involve relationships between people and should not be confused with a boarding-house or hotel experience in which a person only rents a room. It creates an enriching learning experience for both the tourist and the host family. There are home stays for short periods (one night or a weekend) and for longer times (a vacation period, a term, several terms).  
It’s clear that most of the home stays in Hoi An don’t fit this definition and the same government who gave the licenses to more than 250 home stays in Hoi An are now coming up with new guidelines. “Uncultured families will be suspended from running a home stay!”

Hoi An in a dire state

Hoi An is in a dire state but a few will admit. While the coastal and river erosion is knocking on Hoi An’s doors for years no structural solutions are executed.
Hoi An could lose the whole southern tip of Cue Dai ‘today’ and 3 resorts, many local business and residents will have no access anymore.
Still resort developers keep building with permission of the local- and provincial governments knowing based on many published reports from many international organizations that the beach will disappear over the next 10 years, sea levels are rising and more strong storms & typhoons are expected.
It’s mentioned already that Hoi An can expect  to lose 25 % of it’s tourism to Danang. Maybe that’s a good thing to happen and brings some ‘air’!

An Hoi Island - opposite the old quarter - was till 2007 hardly developed is now a noisy backpackers heaven where some business are aloud to open their speakers till late at night without considering neighbors etc. This is all done with permission of the local government and does not fit at all the character of the old town.

Development of new urban suburbs is on such a massive scale that huge area’s are under construction for year after year and gives some parts of Hoi An a desolate atmosphere.
The next 10 years 20- to 25.000 more people will live in Hoi An. Partly by population growth, people migrating from the countryside and foreigners. The already stretched roads will be overcrowded!

It’s difficult to understand why urban developments are not more done in the direction of Danang west of the north/south road from Hoi An to Danang and on the west side of Hoi An. It would keep the coastal vulnerable area along the coast more in tact, would have kept space for mangrove, water Coconut- and pine trees to protect the coastal area and would have brought safety to many.
Massive loss of Water Coconut trees & Cua Dai Bridge building.

The development of The Cua Dai Bridge project will bring more stress on the roads in Hoi An. There is already a bridge planned between Cam Kim to Thanh Ha, the pottery village. From there it connects to Highway number 1, the massive new inland road  and the coastal road to Danang.
The connecting new road with the Cua Dai Bridge will go through the protected Water Coconut Forrest, the picturesque fishing village Cam Thanh and the agricultural area’s of Cam Chau and Cam Ha.
If no overpasses are made at Cua Dai Street and Hai Ba Trung - 2 major connection roads with the beach area - more trouble is expected.

Conclusion

The damage done to Hoi An’s reputation and assets by mentioned above is difficult to reverse. Less tourists with ‘money’ are visiting Hoi An already. Mass tourism will slowly grow or maybe come to a stand still. Shallowness and mediocre services will have the overtone.
Resort under construction north of An bang Beach. October 2014
Sure it will cater for a certain group who only go for entertainment and just a few days of ‘cheap fun’! Racing with yet skies and banana rafts along the remains of the beaches.
The government plans to build a huge entertainment & casino resort in ‘South Hoi An’. It’s clear in which direction Hoi An will go!
Vietnam, Hoi An has a behavior problem toward tourists. Vietnamese culture is not very service minded and the money crab and short term thinking rules!
Advice from many organizations in the past have been mainly ignored.

The underlying problem is that Vietnam just don’t care. Of course I’m not aloud to generalize. Sure there are people who really want to change but they got overwhelmed by the people in power and fear. A recently published report about behavioral etiquette quote:

  • In recent times people, particularly the young, have expressed worrying attitudes, including indifference to others’ suffering, dressing scantily in public or solemn places, rampant littering and urination in public areas, and rude behavior, even to the elderly.

  • Over 90 percent of the respondents said that doctors, nurses, patients and their relatives have adopted inappropriate manners.

  • Ninety-five of the respondents said that civil servants also do not behave properly. (strange suddenly there is no percentage)

  • Questionnaires handed out at local schools also indicated that 50-70 percent of the schools’ leaders, teachers, staff, and students still display improper etiquette.
Still missing in this report is the rampant corruption, nepotism and misplaced pride!

With predictions about climate change resulting in more flooding, beach-, river erosion and major damage to the old quarter and because of overall bad management from people related to hydro electric dams, repairs from above will be in the near future beyond any budget and technical solutions!

Having attended some meetings from the local government in Hoi An in cooperation with the UN, UNIDO, etc about ‘greening’ of the tourist business in Hoi An and wanting Hoi An to be eco town of Vietnam by 2030 it is clear that this goal never will be reached!

Sources & Recent (October 2014) articles:

Vietnam: Return visits rare

Travel season starts off with a bust in Vietnam

Vietnam's world heritage site collapsing

Hoi An town considers dismantling irreversibly damaged old houses

Biển đang “nuốt” di sản Hội An (Sea swallows Hoi An)

Vietnam's home stays growing too fast, warn experts

Hoi An projects could wash away

Uncultured families’ to be suspended from running home stays in Hoi An

Vietnam capital drafts behavioral etiquette code

The Problem With Tourism In Vietnam, responsible nomad,
Tim Rann’s Blog, 2013

The effect of tourism on culture and the environment in Asia and the Pacific.
Cultural tourism and management in the World heritage Site of the Ancient Town of Hoi An. UNESCO 2008

Tourism Development and the sustainable management of cultural heritage. A case study of Hoi An Ancient Town in Vietnam by Nguyen Thi Thu Ha 2008

Cities and Climate change Initiatives. Hoi An, Vietnam Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments, UN