Held by the board for private economic development research (IV Board under the
Government’s Advisory Council for Administrative Procedure Reform), the online
newspaper VnExpress and the Vietnam Tourism Advisory Board (TAB), the event is
expected to draw 1,500 guests, who are managers, business operators and
scholars. To enhance international cooperation and popularise local tourism,
the organising board has invited leaders of renowned tourism and service groups
like Australia’s Flight Centre, Virgin, Japan’s H.I.S and Singaporean Banyan
Tree.
The forum offers opportunities for domestic and foreign businesses to learn
about Vietnam’s strategies to develop tourism, as well as the potential of and
challenges facing the non-smoke industry.
Various issues will be on the table, including restructuring and developing
Vietnamese tourism in a high-quality and sustainable manner, popularising
national tourism, improving visa policies to attract high-quality tourists,
enhancing tourism management capacity, luring foreign investment in tourism and
applying high technology into tourism development and management.
The ViEF is a national economic forum to discuss key issues and strategy
regarding Vietnam’s macroeconomy. The forum also maintains constructive
dialogues on public and private policies between the private sector, the
Government and stakeholders. This year,the ViEF covers agriculture,
the capital-finance market, tourism, training and developing human
resources, logistics and commerce.
(Source: VNA)