Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the event (Source: VNA)The openingceremony was attended by Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh and Deputy PrimeMinister Vu Duc Dam together with local officials, and a crowd of locals and domesticand foreign visitors.
In his opening remark, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s CommitteeNguyen Dac Tai said the event aims to uphold and preserve spiritual values and culturalidentities of the locality.
It is hoped to help international friends understand more about the locality’s dynamicdevelopment as well as its efforts to enhance integration, friendship andcooperation with international friends, he stressed.
Meanwhile, Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam called for more effort to make the coastallocality more attractive to both domestic and foreign tourists.
He also underlined the need to make it easy for investors and local people tojoin deeply in tourism development, turning tourism into a key economic sectorof the locality, thus contributing to the nation’s rapid and sustainabledevelopment goal.
Covering 50 cultural, sport andtourist activities, along with science seminars, highlight of the event is a salangane nest festival, an international cuisine contest,and performances of folk games.
The eventwelcomed five international art troupes from Spain, France, the Republic ofKorea, Australia and Russia, along those from the Central Highlands province ofDak Lak, central Thua Thien-Hue province, and the Mekong Delta province of BacLieu.
The biennial festival, slated for June 10-13, isexpected to greet about 150,000 domestic and foreign tourists.
It is estimated to cost more than 28 billion VND (1.23 million USD), of which17.3 billion VND (761,000 USD) will be funded by enterprises. -VNA
Meanwhile, Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam called for more effort to make the coastallocality more attractive to both domestic and foreign tourists.
He also underlined the need to make it easy for investors and local people tojoin deeply in tourism development, turning tourism into a key economic sectorof the locality, thus contributing to the nation’s rapid and sustainabledevelopment goal.
Covering 50 cultural, sport andtourist activities, along with science seminars, highlight of the event is a salangane nest festival, an international cuisine contest,and performances of folk games.
The eventwelcomed five international art troupes from Spain, France, the Republic ofKorea, Australia and Russia, along those from the Central Highlands province ofDak Lak, central Thua Thien-Hue province, and the Mekong Delta province of BacLieu.
The biennial festival, slated for June 10-13, isexpected to greet about 150,000 domestic and foreign tourists.
It is estimated to cost more than 28 billion VND (1.23 million USD), of which17.3 billion VND (761,000 USD) will be funded by enterprises. -VNA
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