Hanoi to host Vietnam International Travel Mart in November

The Vietnam International Travel Mart 2020 (VITM) is scheduled to take place from November 18-21 after being postponed twice due to COVID-19.
Hanoi to host Vietnam International Travel Mart in November ảnh 1At the Vietnam International Travel Mart 2019 (Photo: the organiser)

Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam International TravelMart 2020 (VITM) is scheduled to take place from November 18-21 after being postponedtwice due to COVID-19.

Held at the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Cultural Palace, theevent will feature about 300 stalls run by tourism businesses as well astourism management and promotion agencies from 54 provinces and citiesnationwide.

In response to the new situation, its theme will be changedfrom “Heritage - Power of Vietnam Tourism” to “Digital transformation boostsVietnamese tourism’s development”.

The fair was initially rescheduled from April 1-4 to May14-17 and then August 12-15 due to the pandemic.

The previous edition of the VITM welcomed some 65,000visitors, of whom about 29,300 booked tours right at the fair, helping theparticipating enterprises earn around 322.3 billion VND (13.8 million USD).

As of September 17 morning, Vietnam has gone through 15straight days without any coronavirus infections in the community, according tothe National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

The country has so far confirmed 1,063 SARS-CoV-2infections. Of the total, 691 were infected with the virus domestically, including551 linked with central Da Nang city since the latest coronavirus wave brokeout there on July 25. As many as 936 patients have recovered, while 35 diedfrom complications related to the disease./.
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