In the first nine months of this year, Vietnam welcomed more than 9.4 million international tourists, up 28.4 percent year-on-year (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam NationalAdministration of Tourism (VNAT) and Lao Dong (Labour) Daily launched a writingcontest themed “Vietnam: Endless beauty” in Hanoi on October 13.
The contest aims to promote tourism towards turning the sector into an economicspearhead of Vietnam, said VNAT Director General Nguyen Van Tuan at thelaunching ceremony.
It is open to all Vietnamese people at home and abroad who want to share theirexperience in travelling to tourist destinations across Vietnam and raiseinitiatives for sustainable tourism development.
Entries must be in Vietnamese with a maximum 1,500 words in length accompaniedby at least one photo, and have not been published in any mass media outlets orwebsites, nor participated in any other contests.
Video clips submitted to the contest should not last for more than eightminutes and must have subtitles.
Participants should send theirentries to Lao Dong Newspaper, No.6 Pham Van Bach Street, Cau Giay Precinct,Hanoi, by mail, or email to dulich@laodong.com.vn.
Deadline for entry submission is May 31, 2018. Theaward ceremony is scheduled to take place on July 9, 2018 to mark the 58th anniversary of the Vietnamese tourism sector.
There will be two first prizes each worth 20 million VND (880 USD) separatelyfor text and video entries, two second, three third and five consolidatingprizes. The winners will also get free tours and discounts in air tickets andaccommodation.
In the first nine months of this year, Vietnam welcomed more than 9.4 millioninternational tourists, up 28.4 percent year-on-year and fulfilling nearly 73percent of the assigned target, and served 57.9 million domestic travellers.
During the reviewed period, the tourism sector earned 376 trillion VND (16.5billion USD) in revenues, representing a year-on-year rise of 26.5 percent.
The Prime Minister has assigned the sector to serve 13 million internationalvisitors in 2017, up 30 percent from 2016.
To that end, the VNAT has employed synchronous measures, focusing on tourismpromotion in key markets like Europe, Northeast Asia, ASEAN and China, Tuansaid.
He added that the sector plans to hold a road tour inChina, participate in the World Travel Market in the UK and welcome fivedelegations who come to scope out the Vietnamese tourism market during theremaining months of this year.-VNA
The contest aims to promote tourism towards turning the sector into an economicspearhead of Vietnam, said VNAT Director General Nguyen Van Tuan at thelaunching ceremony.
It is open to all Vietnamese people at home and abroad who want to share theirexperience in travelling to tourist destinations across Vietnam and raiseinitiatives for sustainable tourism development.
Entries must be in Vietnamese with a maximum 1,500 words in length accompaniedby at least one photo, and have not been published in any mass media outlets orwebsites, nor participated in any other contests.
Video clips submitted to the contest should not last for more than eightminutes and must have subtitles.
Participants should send theirentries to Lao Dong Newspaper, No.6 Pham Van Bach Street, Cau Giay Precinct,Hanoi, by mail, or email to dulich@laodong.com.vn.
Deadline for entry submission is May 31, 2018. Theaward ceremony is scheduled to take place on July 9, 2018 to mark the 58th anniversary of the Vietnamese tourism sector.
There will be two first prizes each worth 20 million VND (880 USD) separatelyfor text and video entries, two second, three third and five consolidatingprizes. The winners will also get free tours and discounts in air tickets andaccommodation.
In the first nine months of this year, Vietnam welcomed more than 9.4 millioninternational tourists, up 28.4 percent year-on-year and fulfilling nearly 73percent of the assigned target, and served 57.9 million domestic travellers.
During the reviewed period, the tourism sector earned 376 trillion VND (16.5billion USD) in revenues, representing a year-on-year rise of 26.5 percent.
The Prime Minister has assigned the sector to serve 13 million internationalvisitors in 2017, up 30 percent from 2016.
To that end, the VNAT has employed synchronous measures, focusing on tourismpromotion in key markets like Europe, Northeast Asia, ASEAN and China, Tuansaid.
He added that the sector plans to hold a road tour inChina, participate in the World Travel Market in the UK and welcome fivedelegations who come to scope out the Vietnamese tourism market during theremaining months of this year.-VNA
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