Under the MoU, the two sides will coordinate to build and deploy joint tourism cooperation programmes between the two countries.

They will exchange delegations of national tourism agencies, investors, travel firms and media agencies.

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The two sides will also support each other in issues related to administrative procedures, providing information and organising tourism promotion activities in the two countries.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), Vietnam Airlines and several local tour and hotel operators took part in the 2019 Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (MITT), which took place in the Russian capital from March 12 to 14.

According to the VNAT, the number of Russian tourist arrivals in Vietnam grows by 30 percent annually on average, with the total number of arrivals expected to reach 1 million by 2020.

In 2018, 600,000 Russian people visited Vietnam, raking 6th among all countries in terms of visitor numbers.

Online Tourism Day to boost national industry

The Online Tourism Day is set to take place on June 26 in Hanoi gathering the participation of 600 Vietnamese and foreign delegates from the tourism industry.

Lao Cai, Chinese locality bolster tourism cooperation

Tourism cooperation between Lao Cai and Honghe prefecture of China’s Yunnan province was discussed at a seminar held in the northern border province of Vietnam on June 21.

Tourism-hotel transaction platform wins startup contest

The BedLinker.com project – an online platform for tourism-hotel service transactions, has surpassed nine outstanding projects nationwide to win an innovative tourism startup competition at its final round in Hanoi on June 18.

Programme to promote Vietnam’s tourism in Japan

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will host a tourism promotion programme in the three Japanese cities of Sapporo, Yokohama and Tokyo from September 4 to 11.

Quang Ninh launches double-decker buses for tourism

“Vietnam Sightseeing” double-decker buses were put into operation in Ha Long city, the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh, on June 18.

Source: VNA