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Average room rates in upscale hotels and resorts across Vietnam saw a slight increase in 2014 even as occupancy rates decreased, according to a survey by auditing and consulting firm Grant Thornton.

The National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) in cooperation with the Pacific-Asia Travel Association(PATA) has held a training programme to improve the competitive ability of small and medium tourism enterprises.

The ASEAN Community, scheduled to establish in 2015, is expected to greatly benefit tourism sector as the Mutual Recognition Arrangement on Tourism Professionals (MRA-TP) among ASEAN members will take effect in all member countries.

Vietnam should accelerate the implementation of the national tourism occupational skills standards (VTOS) in order to increase the tourism sector’s competitiveness on the eve of the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community, delegates said at a conference in Hanoi on December 3.

Vietnam should accelerate the implementation of the national tourism occupational skills standards (VTOS) in order to increase the tourism sector’s competitiveness on the eve of the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community, delegates said at a conference in Hanoi on December 3.

Vietnam will benefit from the ASEAN Mutual Recognition Agreement on Tourism Professionals for (MRA-TP) once it officially takes effect in 2015.