• An Giang
  • Binh Duong
  • Binh Phuoc
  • Binh Thuan
  • Binh Dinh
  • Bac Lieu
  • Bac Giang
  • Bac Kan
  • Bac Ninh
  • Ben Tre
  • Cao Bang
  • Ca Mau
  • Can Tho
  • Dien Bien
  • Da Nang
  • Da Lat
  • Dak Lak
  • Dak Nong
  • Dong Nai
  • Dong Thap
  • Gia Lai
  • Ha Noi
  • Ho Chi Minh
  • Ha Giang
  • Ha Nam
  • Ha Tinh
  • Hoa Binh
  • Hung Yen
  • Hai Duong
  • Hai Phong
  • Hau Giang
  • Khanh Hoa
  • Kien Giang
  • Kon Tum
  • Lai Chau
  • Long An
  • Lao Cai
  • Lam Dong
  • Lang Son
  • Nam Dinh
  • Nghe An
  • Ninh Binh
  • Ninh Thuan
  • Phu Tho
  • Phu Yen
  • Quang Binh
  • Quang Nam
  • Quang Ngai
  • Quang Ninh
  • Quang Tri
  • Soc Trang
  • Son La
  • Thanh Hoa
  • Thai Binh
  • Thai Nguyen
  • Thua Thien Hue
  • Tien Giang
  • Tra Vinh
  • Tuyen Quang
  • Tay Ninh
  • Vinh Long
  • Vinh Phuc
  • Vung Tau
  • Yen Bai

Trans-Indochina tourism promoted

VGP - The 4th International Tourism Expo 2008 (ITE HCMC) in Hồ Chí Minh City is a platform for travel enterprises, hoteliers, and destination operators to seek for and establish long-term partnership towards a sustainable development at regional and international levels.

September 17, 2008 8:11 AM GMT+7

The ITE HCMC inaugurated

ITE HCMC under the theme “Mesmerizing Charms of Cambodia–Laos–Việt Nam – Three Countries One Destination” is aimed at bringing into play the geo-cultural similarities and long lasting friendships among Indochinese peoples. Through the event, the Organizing Committee expects to introduce tourist potentialities and strength of each country to international visitors.

The expo attracted 180 organizations and agencies from 13 countries, including Australia, Cambodia, Republic of Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, China and India, and many Vietnamese businesses from 18 provinces.

According to the Organizing Committee, ITE HCMC is a platform for travel enterprises, hoteliers, and destination operators to seek for and establish long-term partnership towards a sustainable development at regional and international levels.

The event consists of conferences and seminars in the exhibition, notably “Exploiting and developing ethnic tourism in Việt Nam, Laos and Cambodia” and the ASEM Tourism Forum “Strengthening the Asia-Europe partnership for stable tourist development”.

The opening ceremony of ITE HCMC on September 15 was attended by the Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Czech Deputy PM-Minister of Regional Development, Cambodian Minister of Tourism, Minister-Chairman of the Lao National Tourism Administration, representatives of foreign embassies and many Vietnamese agencies.