Nanning City is the capital of Guangxi Province. In recent years, Nanning has attracted Vietnamese tourists because of its majestic natural scenery and prominent destinations such as Thanh Tu Son tourist area - the pearl of the green city, Long Coc Bay dinosaur park, Kim Ho Square (Ngu Tuong), Nam Ho park,...

At the conference to promote tourism in Nanning city, Deputy Director of Hanoi Department of Tourism - Mr. Tran Trung Hieu highly appreciated the potential of Chinese tourism for Vietnamese tourists in general and Hanoi in particular.

It is known that in 2023, Hanoi tourism welcomed 4.72 million international tourists, of which 275,879 were Chinese tourists, accounting for 8.3% of the total number of visitors. In the first 6 months of 2024, Hanoi welcomed 241,106 Chinese tourists, accounting for 11.4% of the total number of international visitors to Hanoi.

According to Mr. Tran Trung Hieu, Hanoi has implemented many cooperation activities with a number of Chinese localities. In 2022, Hanoi signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation with Beijing. Hanoi is an active member of the Economic Corridor Cooperation Conference of 5 provinces and cities: Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Lao Cai (Vietnam) with Yunnan province (China).

With Nanning, in November 2023, representatives of the Hanoi Department of Tourism attended the Cultural Tourism Development Conference in this city, thereby enhancing promotion, promoting, and boosting tourism connections between businesses of the two cities and tourist exchange between Vietnam and China.

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Representative of the Department of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism of Nanning City (China) - Mr. Truong Chan Vu spoke at the conference.

According to the representative of the Department of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism of Nanning City (China) - Mr. Truong Chan Vu, Vietnam is the largest and most important source of tourists for Nanning City, and is also one of the most favorite exit destinations for Nanning people.

According to Mr. Truong Tran Vu, since the beginning of the year, cultural and tourism cooperation between Nanning and Vietnam has developed strongly. Tourism operators have restored international bus routes from Nanning via Pingxiang to Hanoi, from Nanning via Dongxing to Ha Long and flights from Nanning to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang.

To date, 45 Nanning tourism companies have exploited the Vietnamese market, enhancing two-way tourist exchanges. In the first 6 months of the year, Nanning City welcomed about 300 Vietnamese tourist groups.

"We hope that Vietnamese tourism agencies will promote the exploitation of the Nanning tourism market, and use Nanning as a base to expand the Chinese tourism market," said Mr. Truong Tran Vu.

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Hanoi and Nanning tourism companies hold cooperation and association signing ceremony

At the conference, Hanoi and Nanning tourism companies signed a cooperation and association agreement to jointly exploit the tourism markets of Nanning and Hanoi.

Nanning (China) pledged to coordinate with agencies in the city to provide friendly services, create a safer and more convenient tourism environment for Vietnamese tourists, as well as protect the legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese tourists.

The Dinh