The southern province of Dong Nai on January 8 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a United Arab Emirates company promoting waterway tourism.

The MoU is expected to help with Dong Nai’s socio-economic development and expand the market of the Azure Marine CH company.

Addressing the signing ceremony, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Phan Thi My Thanh hailed the cooperation between the two sides, asking the UAE company to design attractive tours in order to draw not only domestic but also foreign tourists to the province.

Earlier, the company had made a fact finding tour to local sites which are said to hold huge potential in tourism, including Cat Tien National Park , Tri An Lake and the grapefruit growing village of Tan Trieu.

The company pays heed to several models such as floating restaurants, biological tourism and luxury resorts.

It also hopes to popularise the province’s tourism to visitors from the Emirates.-VNA