Performed by: Nam Nguyen | September 16, 2024
(To Quoc) - On the morning of September 16 in Hanoi, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) held a press conference to introduce the program to promote Vietnamese Tourism and Cinema in the United States "Vietnam - New Destination of World Cinema".
The program is organized to introduce and promote tourist destinations, potential filming locations, attract Hollywood film studios to Vietnam to film films with great appeal, capable of creating international media effects, promoting and attracting tourists to Vietnam. At the same time, promote tourism promotion through cinema, effectively exploit tourism from cinema, create a breakthrough in tourism promotion.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho An Phong chaired the press conference. Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Trung Khanh and Editor-in-Chief of the Van Hoa Newspaper Nguyen Anh Vu co-chaired the press conference. Also attending the press conference were Mr. Marc E. Knapper - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Vietnam, representatives of units under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, travel agencies and a large number of journalists.
Speaking at the opening of the press conference, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho An Phong said: “With a deep understanding of the power of cinema in promoting tourism, we have built this Program and wish to bring the image of Vietnam closer to international audiences, especially audiences in the United States - one of the largest and most diverse cultural markets. The Vietnam Tourism - Cinema Promotion Program in the United States with the title "Vietnam - New destination of world cinema" aims to introduce Vietnam not only as an ideal destination for tourists but also as an attractive destination for the world's leading filmmakers, film directors and actors.
This affirms that Vietnam has locations that can become famous film studios for both natural landscapes and diverse cultural identities. We believe that through films shot in Vietnam, international audiences will not only have the opportunity to experience the beauty of nature, culture and people of Vietnam in the most vivid and intimate way, but also promote the demand for tourists to visit and travel.
Mr. Marc E. Knapper - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Vietnam spoke at the press conference.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho An Phong chaired the press conference.
Many questions from the press were sent to the leaders of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the units participating in the program.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho An Phong informed the press.
Director of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Trung Khanh answers questions from the press.
According to the Organizing Committee, the program is expected to attract the participation of over 450 guests, including government representatives, management agencies, businessmen, investors, the Motion Picture Association of America, producers, directors of film studios, directors, film set directors, Hollywood stars, marketing partners, MICE/event organization service businesses, press media units, reporters, journalists, KOLs, bloggers, representatives of online travel platforms, and US social networking platforms.
Editor-in-Chief of Culture Newspaper Nguyen Anh Vu answers the press.
Participating units provide additional information about the program in the face of press interest.
Mr. Marc E. Knapper - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Vietnam answered the press on the sidelines of the conference.
Source: https://toquoc.vn/anh-gioi-thieu-chuong-trinh-xuc-tien-du-lich-dien-anh-viet-nam-tai-hoa-ky-viet-nam-diem-den-moi-cua-dien-anh-the-gioi-20240916125400732.htm
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