The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and Vietnamese
Embassy in Belgium on September 4 co-organised a programme to
promote the country’s image as an attractive and safe tourism
destination.
As part of activities in the
“Vietnamese Days in Belgium ”, the programme, titled “ Vietnam , your
destination”, also aimed to offer Belgian and Vietnamese businesses
operating in tourism industry an opportunity to exchange and seek out
partners.
At the meeting, VNAT’s deputy head Nguyen
Manh Cuong introduced tourism potentials of Vietnam , a country with
54 ethnic groups that boast a diverse cultural asset, and a
thousand-year history. Especially, the country is home to ten world
natural and cultural heritages recodnised by the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), he said.
The Vietnamese tourism industry has also organised a
wide range of special activities on the celebration of the 1,000 th
anniversary of the capital city of Thang Long-Hanoi , Cuong added.
On the occasion, he called on Belgian tourist businesses to increase their investment in Vietnam./.
