infrastructure for the tourism industry, a Vietnamese tourism senior
official said at a talk to promote Vietnam ’s image in Germany .
Nguyen Manh Cuong, Deputy Chief of the Vietnam National Administration
of Tourism, met with representatives of travel companies owned by
Germans and Vietnamese expats in Germany on August 29 and 30.
Introducing
the country’s tourism potential, sightseeing wonders, and prominent
tangible and intangible cultural heritages, Cuong also presented special
programmes that the tourism industry launched on Hanoi ’s 1,000 th
founding anniversary.
He expressed his hope that tourism
cooperation between German and Vietnamese travel companies would be
boosted so Germany can eclipse France in terms of the number of
tourists coming to Vietnam .
Present at the talks, Vietnamese
Ambassador to Germany Do Hoa Binh noted that the growing ties between
the two countries have provided conditions for the development of
bilateral cooperation in a wide range of fields, including tourism.
He pledged to create improved conditions for German travel companies to do business with Vietnam .
For
their part, many participants urged the Vietnamese tourism industry to
equip more tour guides with the German language, along with professional
skills and rich cultural knowledge, in order to lure more German
visitors.
In 2009, the Vietnamese tourism industry contributed 5
billion USD to the State budget, generating jobs for 1.3 million people
and helping to eradicate poverty./.
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