Delegates attending the Conference.

Attending the Conference were comrades: Pham Van Thuy, Deputy Director of the Viet Nam National Authority of Tourism; Nguyen Van Thi, Standing Vice Chairman of Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee; Leader of Vietnam Tourism Association.

On the side of Son La province, there were comrade Trang Thi Xuan, member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Tourism Association and representatives of a number of typical tourism businesses of Thanh Hoa province and the Northwestern provinces..

OCOP products of provinces introduced at the Conference.

Program to introduce Thanh Hoa tourism culture.

Thanh Hoa is a land with rich and unique human tourism resources of national and international value with 1,535 relics and scenic spots, including 1 World Cultural Heritage and 5 relics ranked at special national level. Along with that are outstanding natural tourism resources with 102 km of coastline and over 300 unique cultural festivals, rich and attractive local cuisine... With these advantages, in recent years, Thanh Hoa tourism has always been in the top of the country in attracting tourists. Since the beginning of the year, the total number of visitors to Thanh Hoa has reached nearly 12 million, tourism revenue has reached over 23,223 billion VND.

Overview of the Conference.

Speaking at the Conference, Mr. Nguyen Van Thi, Permanent Vice Chairman of Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee emphasized that based on the potential and advantages of existing transport infrastructure and the differences in tourism products between localities, Thanh Hoa province always identifies the Northwestern provinces as a very potential and key tourism market of the province. Therefore, every year, Thanh Hoa tourism industry regularly participates in tourism promotion, promoting the image of culture and people of Thanh Hoa through participating in events and festivals held in the Northwestern provinces. This conference is an opportunity for investors and tourism businesses of Thanh Hoa province and the Northwestern provinces to meet, connect and cooperate to build complete tours, routes, products and services, high quality, reasonable prices. Thereby contributing to attracting Northwestern tourists to Thanh Hoa and Thanh Hoa people to travel to the Northwestern.

Comrade Trang Thi Xuan spoke at the Conference.

Speaking at the Conference, Ms. Trang Thi Xuan, Permanent Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Son La province, highly appreciated the natural, cultural and tourism potentials of Thanh Hoa. Currently, Son La province is making efforts to implement solutions to realize the goal of making Son La tourism a safe and attractive destination in the Northwest region. Son La hopes that this Conference will be an opportunity for the provinces to cooperate to form inter-local and inter-regional tours and routes, build attractive tourism products, and contribute to the overall development of the tourism industry.

Travel agency.

At the conference, delegates discussed solutions to link tourism development between Thanh Hoa province and the Northwestern provinces, tourism promotion, incentive mechanisms for cooperation between businesses; introducing unique and attractive tourist destinations...

Speaking at the conference, Mr. Pham Van Thuy, Deputy Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, suggested that localities should clearly identify specific tourism products to develop new, unique and attractive tourism products; study the mechanism for close cooperation between Thanh Hoa and the Northwest, create motivation for tourist exchange, and lead the development of regional tourism. In addition, businesses and the press should work together in building and developing tourism products.

Businesses sign tourism cooperation agreement.

Within the framework of the conference, Thanh Hoa Tourism Association and Tourism Associations of Son La, Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Hoa Binh, Yen Bai provinces signed a memorandum of understanding on tourism development cooperation.

At the Conference, the Organizing Committee organized an exhibition space to introduce destinations, tourism products, OCOP products of Thanh Hoa, Son La, Dien Bien and local specialties to delegates.

Diep Huong