The organizing board awarded 30 leading hotels in Vietnam, 20 travel agents, and 15 businesses which specialize in tourism services. Specifically, the ceremony also honored 19 hotels which were named "Green Hotels" by ASEAN environment organization. The award has been conducted by the Vietnam National Tourism Administration since 1999 under the title "Top Ten Leading Travel Agents and Hotels in Vietnam." Since 2004, the administration handed over the awards to the Vietnam Tourism Association to implement selections and awards. In the first five months of 2010, Vietnam was named among the four nations with a tourism growth of more than 30%, by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). … [Read more...] about Vietnam Tourism Awards held in Hanoi
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Vietnam Tourism Awards 2011 to be presented to 50 tourism companies
The Hanoitimes - A ceremony to honour and present the "Vietnam Tourism Awards 2011" by the Vietnam Tourism Association and the Vietnam National Tourism Administration took place on October 17, in Hanoi. The organising board said that 50 tourism companies, including ten hotels in the five-, four- and three-star categories, ten domestic travel agencies and ten international travel agencies will be presented with the awards. Two photography exhibitions themed "Vietnam Tourism through an Outlook" and "Vietnam Tourism Award" will be also organised under the framework of the ceremony. The "Vietnam Tourism Awards", previously known as "Top Ten International Travel Agencies and Hotels", are the noblest titles of the local tourism sector that are presented annually to honour travel agencies, hotels and travel service businesses. KTDT … [Read more...] about Vietnam Tourism Awards 2011 to be presented to 50 tourism companies
Vietnam tourism to grant labor cross-ASEAN work certificates
Tourism workers certificated by the Vietnam Tourism Certification Board (VTCB) will be able to work in any of the ten nations in the ASEAN community. The nine other countries are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, and the Philippines. The ministers of tourism from all member countries made a commitment four years ago that would allow tourism workers, from 2015, to work interchangeably among the countries if they are certificated by an officially-appointed certification organization of any among the ten. For Vietnam, it is the VTCB. Hoang Thi Diep, deputy head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, told news website Saigon Times that ASEAN member countries have built a set of agreed standards for tourism professionals. There was already an agreed curriculum for tourism job training, she added. The interchangeable work program was set to take effect in May 2015, providing a "better chance" for job seeking in the sector, … [Read more...] about Vietnam tourism to grant labor cross-ASEAN work certificates
Vietnam tourism works to promote brand name
PANO - A workshop on Vietnam tourism promotion took place on May 30th, put on by the Vietnam Administration of Tourism, the Vietnam Tourism Association, and the managing board of the Environmentally and Socially Responsible Tourism Capacity Development Programme. Besides, delegates shared experiences in improving the quality and effectiveness of tourism promotion activities, as well as put forward proposals to foster professionalism for tourism promotion activities to access target markets. They also underlined that Vietnam tourism should heighten awareness of tourism environmental protection and promote the growth of domestic visitors. Translated by Quynh Trang … [Read more...] about Vietnam tourism works to promote brand name
Vietnam tourism promotion discussed in Hanoi
The meeting attracted the participation of representatives from 34 tourism departments, 7 associations and 44 tourism promotion companies. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Head of VNAT, Nguyen Van Tuan affirmed that the initiatives, suggestions and solutions put forth at the meeting would contribute to promote strengths and improve the quality and effectiveness of tourism promotion activities, contributing to reaching the goals of the overall strategy and planning for Vietnam's tourism development until 2020, with a vision to 2030. The meeting was organised to summarise and assess tourism promotion activities from 2000 to now, in order to have accurate analysis on advantages and difficulties to draw lessons. Participants focused on discussing orientations, missions and solutions for tourism promotion activities until 2020, popularising the Vietnam tourism marketing strategy and action plan for Vietnam tourism marketing for the 2013-2015 period of ESRT experts. On this occasion, … [Read more...] about Vietnam tourism promotion discussed in Hanoi