GES-2015 is jointly held by the Indian Ministry ofCommerce and Industry, Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC) andConfederation of Indian Industry (CII), serving as a platform to enhancestrategic cooperation and develop synergy between the service sector inIndia and their global counterparts.
Themed “Vietnam- Land ofCultural Heritage”, numerous products are on display at the 100square-metre pavilion which has drawn the attention of visitors seekingcooperation opportunities.
Earlier, the Vietnamese Embassy inIndia held a press conference to introduce Vietnamese tourism tojournalists and tourism agents.
Vietnamese Ambassador to IndiaTon Sinh Thanh said that the Embassy will collaborate with the VietnamNational Administration of Tourism to promote the nation’s tourism aswell as facilitate visa applications for Indian travellers to visitVietnam.
He highlighted that after attending GES-2015, theVietnamese delegation will carry out promotion programmes in thesouthern Indian cities of Hyderabad and Chennai from April 26 to 29 in abid to tap tourism potential between the two countries.
Vietnam and India have elevated their bilateral relations to astrategic partnership, paving the way to develop tourism exchanges.
Inthe past three years, the number of Indian tourists to Vietnammultiplied three-fold from 18,000 people in 2011 to 55,000 in 2014.However, the figure represents only 0.25 percent of the total Indianvisits to Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia.-VNA