VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA >> action alert: updated 20/05/08
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NEWS
FLASH >> The Herald in Australia has
run a good article on greyhound racing in Australia and the links
to Vietnam ... click
here URGENT
ACTION >> please
contact the VietnameseTourist Administration
to
protest about the spread of greyhound racing to Vietnam ... click
here
for
contacts of tourist companies local to Ba Ria- Vung Tau where
the track is based The Peoples
Committee have also granted INDO CHINA RACING AND ENTERTAINMENT
(Mr Nguyen Ngoc My, Chairman) a 30 year license for the development
of greyhound racing in CAMBODIA . A racing facility has already
been identified in Phomn Phenn. In Vietnam
and Cambodia, as in other S.E Asian countries, there is no opportunity
or hope of rehoming the dogs that have become surplus to requirements,
therefore they often end up being slaughtered in the barbaric
dog meat industry. “Greyhound
racing is a popular sport which is very competitive, but in Vietnam
the sport fails to prove that it is a competitive one” “Currently
in the world there is not a greyhound breeding and training centre
which is as large as the one in Vung Tau of Vietnam. Therefore,
promoting greyhound breeding and training for export is what Vietnam
needs to focus on. The prices of Vietnamese greyhounds will be
very competitive as the labour and other production costs in Vietnam
are much cheaper than in other countries which are main greyhound
exporters in the world market now such as Australia or Taiwan”
Please remember greyhound racing in Asia is greatly dependant on the tourist trade to keep going. Please let the tourist offices in your areas know what you think about greyhound racing in Vietnam. Urge them to contact the Ba Ria Vung Tau Tourist Corporation (details below) asking them to stop greyhound racing in Vietnam as it will no doubt effect the tourist trade. You may like to use the letter below as a model. Sample letter for Vietnam Dear Sir I am writing to you regarding greyhound racing in Vietnam. I am aware that greyhounds that are surplus to requirements are being slaughtered. Abusing animals in the name of entertainment and then killing them for human consumption is NOT a tourist attraction and it will inevitably have a negative effect on your tourist trade. The greyhound racing industry has been in decline for many years especially in the USA where the industry has had massive financial losses. This is for several reasons, the first being that it has been recognised as a cruel sport and banned in many states in the USA and even more recently it has been abolished in South Africa. The second reason is that by far more profitable ventures such as lotteries and casinos have increased in popularity and attracted the public and the tourist trade. The third reason is that greyhound racing attracts and is associated with illegal activities such as the criminal underworld and the use of illegal drugs as recently exposed in a documentary by the BBC. I urge you to reconsider and keep greyhound racing out of Vietnam and Cambodia. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely
86 Le Thanh Ton, District 1Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam TEL (848) 8291056 FAX (848) 8291054 His Excellency Tran Duc Luong President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Bureau de President Hoang Hoa Tham, HANOI, VIET NAM Fax: 84 4 258261 Tel: (+84 4) 8258261 Fax: 00 84 - 4 - 823 4137 His Excellency Phan Van Khai Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Hoang Hoa Tham HANOI, VIET NAM Fax: 00 84 - 4 - 823 4137 Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Mr. Doan Duy Thanh International Trade Center 9 Dao Duy Street Hanoi Vietnam Tel: 884-574-2022 Fax: 884-574-2020 International Relations Department 33a Ba Trieu Str.Hanoi, Vietnam 844-253023 Vung Tau City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Director: Mr. Vo Van Cao 36/6, Vo Thi Sau str, Vung tau City, Vietnam 846-482710 Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Mr. Pham Quang Hung General Secretary Administration of Tourism VNA 80 Quan Su Street Hanoi, Vietnam Tel: 84-4-9421061/ 8224714 vnat@vietnam-tourism.com or vnat@vietnamtourism.gov Vietnam National Travel Agency: Mr. Do Dinh Cuong Managing Director 54 Nguyen Du Street Hanoi, Vietnam Tel: 84/4-9422245 Fax 84/4-9422707 Ho Chi Minh City is one of the areas targeted by SES to develop a greyhound track, so please make a special effort to contact the following. Department of Tourism 140 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, District 3Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam TEL (848) 8296983 FAX (848) 8293056 The Ba Ria Vung Tau Tourist Corporation is responsible for greyhound racing in Vietnam. They have invested in SES. As a joint venture with Australian Hemlock services they are operating the greyhound track and breeding farm in Vung Tau. Ba Ria Vung Tau Tourist Corporation Ltd: General Director Mr. Nguyen Thai Binh 207-Vo Thi Sau- Vung Tau City Baria Vung Tau Province Vietnam Tel: 84-64-856445/ 856446/ 856799/ 856138 Fax: 84-64-856444
vtautour@hcm.vnn.vn or
orcndlvn-hanoi@hcm.fpt.vn
or vntourism2@hn.vnn.vn
The
National Oil Services Company of Vietnam Ba
Ria - Vung Tau Tourist Corporation OSC
- First Holiday Vietnam Co., Ltd Vung
Tau Intourco Long
Hai Tourist and Service Enterprise Trading
and Tourist Company of The Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development Please Contact the following tour operators and let them know that you are boycotting Vietnam until such time that greyhound racing has been abolished from Vietnam. aseantravel@hn.vnn.vn FAX:(84 4) 7161738 eem-victoria@hcm.vnn.vn Fax : 84/8-8299142 info@tailormadevietnam.com.au Fax (03) 9858 3217 pata@pata.org.au FAX: (61-2) 9331-6592 patabkk@pata.th.com FAX: (66-2) 658-2010 tennyson@visitvietnam.co.uk Fax: +44 (0) 20 7736 5672 vietravel@fmail.vnn.vn Fax : 84/8-8299142 vinatour@hn.vnn.vn Fax 84/4-9422707 vnthcm@hcm.vnn.vn Fax Number: 84/8-9326775 Please also contact the national/international media & your local tourist offices and let them know what you think about greyhound racing in Asia.
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