Diplomatic representative agencies abroad help attract foreign tourists to Vietnam
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung co-chaired an online meeting with a number of Vietnamese diplomatic representative agencies abroad on strengthening cooperation to promote Vietnamese tourism in major markets.
Preparations are being finalised to reopen Phu Quoc island to tourists (Source: thanhnien.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Vietand Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung co-chaired an online meetingwith a number of Vietnamese diplomatic representative agencies abroad on strengthening cooperation to promote Vietnamese tourism in major markets.
Participantsshared information on a pilot plan to open up Phu Quoc island in Kien Giang province to international visitors, tourism promotion activities, and the connection of businesses to prepare for the full opening of the international tourism market.
Viet saidthat the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has worked with localities andtravel firms to prepare for the reopening of domestic tourism after COVID-19 iscontrolled. Currently, the tourism sector is finalising steps to receivetourists in Phu Quoc, he added.
Heunderlined that the tourism sector has received great support fromdiplomatic activities, with diplomatic representative agencies abroad servingas bridges connecting foreign tourists with Vietnam.
An overview of the meeting (Photo: VNA)
At themeeting, ambassadors and heads of Vietnamese diplomatic representative agenciesin many countries such as Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand,the US, the UK, Germany, Spain, Russia, China and Malaysia, said that people in many countries are seeking safe and friendly tourist destinations with convenientimmigration and quarantine policies for people fully vaccinated againstCOVID-19. They suggested that Vietnam should work with other countries on the mutual recognition of vaccine certification.
They recommendedthat the country should issue consistent procedures to welcome foreigntourists and quickly announce them, in order to ensure safety for both tourists and local residents.
Meanwhile,Deputy Foreign Minister Dung affirmed that the ministry and embassies andVietnamese representative agencies abroad will continue to accompany with andsupport the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in implementinginternational tourism activities, first of all the reopening of Phu Quoc. The ministry hasproposed the reopening of domestic and international air routes to Phu Quoc, headded.
So far, KienGiang and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism have agreed on the timeto start the pilot plan to welcome foreign tourists to Phu Quoc, which is in late November. The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has also built a tourism communicationand promotion programme to invite more tourists to Phu Quoc, while makingpreparations to reopen the entire Vietnamese tourism market./.
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Preparations are being finalised to reopen Phu Quoc island to tourists (Source: thanhnien.vn) 
An overview of the meeting (Photo: VNA) 
