Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam InternationalTravel Mart 2020 (VITM) will be suspended again amid new developments in theCOVID-19 pandemic, according to the Vietnam Tourism Association (VITA).
A notice on the suspension has been sent to city andprovincial departments of culture, sports and tourism, local tourismassociations, tourism promotion centres, agencies, and businesses registeringfor the event.
Scheduled for August 12-15, the exhibition will now beheld at an appropriate time, VITA said.
VITM 2020, themed “Heritage - Power of Vietnam Tourism”,was initially rescheduled from April 1-4 to May 14-17 and then August 12-15 dueto the pandemic, with a new theme of “Vietnamese Tourism Looks Towards the Future”.
Vietnam has reported four new cases of communitytransmission of COVID-19 since the morning of July 25, ending the country’s99-day streak of no local infections.
The national tally now stands at 420, of whom 276 wereimported and quarantined upon arrival./.
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