The event was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, who is also Head of the State Steering Committee on Tourism, among others.

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam presents awards to the honourees.

The winners included: the top ten inbound tour providers, top ten outbound tour providers, top ten domestic travel enterprises, top ten five-star hotels, top ten four-star hotels, the airline transporting the most tourists, the airline with the highest passenger growth, top five automobile carriers, top five best restaurants and top five entertainment areas.

In addition, the top three tourist destinations, top ten golf courses, top five tourism investors, top five training establishments of human resources in tourism, and top five traditional units were honoured at the ceremony.

Initiated in 1999, the annual awards aims to select and honour outstanding organisations, enterprises and individuals for their contributions to the development of Vietnamese tourism sector.

Over the past 20 years, the awards have contributed to improving the quality of tourism services, building the national tourism brand, and developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector.

The year 2018 was considered as a successful year in Vietnamese tourism, with outstanding results. The country welcomed 15.5 million international visitors and served 80 million domestic tourists, earning VND637 trillion last year.

In the first six month of this year, the number of international arrivals to Vietnam reached nearly 8.5 million, a year-on-year increase of 7.5%.

HCM City to host international track and field tourney

The 26th Ho Chi Minh City International Track and Field Vietnam Open 2019 will take place at Thong Nhat Stadium from July 17-19, the organising board said at a press conference on July 13.

Hau Giang province targets agrotourism development

The Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang plans to focus on sustainable agricultural tourism as part of its effort to lure more tourists.

Hanoi food tour among world’s top 20

  

Kbang Tourism Festival 2019 to promote Gia Lai province

Kbang Tourism Festival 2019 will be held from July 26 to 28, in Kbang district, Gia Lai province to promote tourism in the Central Highlands region.

Grandmaster Le Quang Liem wins World Open chess tournament

Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem won the World Open chess tournament which concluded in Philadelphia, the US, on July 7.

Source: NDO