Vietnam, China sign MoU on tourism

Vietnam and China ’s Sichuan province will cooperate in promoting each other’s tourism by exchanging television programmes touting their tourism potential.
Vietnam and China ’s Sichuan province will cooperate in promoting each other’s tourism by exchanging television programmes touting their tourism potential.

To this effect, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Deputy General Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) Nguyen Manh Cuong and Director of the Sichuan Provincial Tourism Department Zhang Gu in Hanoi on March 9.

Under the MoU, the two sides will set up a mechanism for exchanging information on tourism development, tourist sites, new products, investment policies and human resources.

The two sides will propose that their national airlines open air routes from Sichuan province’s Chengdu city to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City .

Vu The Binh, Head of the VNAT’s Travel Department, said the cooperation will create favourable conditions for both sides to develop tourism.

Sichuan is an attractive destination for tourists with many UNESCO-recognised world heritages sites such as the Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area, Huang Long (Yellow Dragon) Valley and Mount Emeishan which includes the Leshan Giant Buddha./.

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