Quang when the latter conveniently (and predictably) denied having made the report attributed to him.

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Quang Ngai is a three-hour drive from the nearest airport along a dangerous single-lane highway.

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Mr. NGUYEN QUANG NGOC (President of the Institute of Development Studies, Hanoi): They say they were over confident.

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Provincial authorities have stated their plans to make this training a compulsory qualification for all guides at heritage sites in Quang Nam.

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Some developments sound rather ambitious, such as the film studio cum holiday village that is being planned for one of Quang Ngai's beaches.

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One leader of the makeover is Son Pham Quang, who runs some of Vietnam's trendiest restaurants, like the Club Opera in Hanoi and the Mandarin in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Quang, became known by the Pentagon last February.

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In rural Quang Ngai province the authorities are seeking hoteliers to develop its golden, palm-fringed and empty beaches, and dream of building spa resorts around the hot-water springs that bubble up through the province's rice paddies.

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This is not the first Vessey-Quang meeting.

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