Hangzhou , famouswith its beautiful natural scenery, was awarded the best tourism cityby the China National Tourism Administration.
The city boasts a complex of lakes, including the 6.5sq.km West Lake,one of China ’s ten most renowned tourist attractions.
The 2,228 year-old city is also one of China ’s seven ancient capitals.
The city’s tourism committee said it looks forward to Hanoi ’s travelagents encouraging Vietnamese tourists to visit the city.
Travel agencies in Hanoi also spoke about their city’s tourismpotential and asked Hangzhou travel agents to send more visitors toVietnam ’s capital, and destinations elsewhere in the country.
In 2009, Vietnam welcomed 500,000 visitors from China . The countryplans to organise tourism promotion programmes in China in the comingtime./.