On the occasion of the official visit to Malaysia of the high-ranking delegation of the Party and State of Vietnam led by General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam, on November 23, 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Saigon Tourist Corporation (Saigontourist Group) held an important cooperation signing ceremony with Genesis Group, Malaysia. The event marked a new step forward in the cooperation between the two countries in the field of tourism, bringing in tens of millions of dollars in additional revenue for the two leading tourism corporations of the two countries.
The signing ceremony of the cooperation agreement between Saigontourist Group Chairman Pham Huy Binh and Genesis Group Chairman Ta Hui May, witnessed by General Secretary To Lam, Ho Chi Minh City Party Secretary Nguyen Van Nen, Chief of the Party Central Committee Office Nguyen Duy Ngoc and senior Malaysian leaders.
The signing ceremony was honored to welcome the presence of General Secretary To Lam and his wife; Politburo members: Mr. Nguyen Van Nen, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, Mr. Phan Dinh Trac, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission, Mr. Luong Tam Quang, Minister of Public Security; Mr. Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chief of the Party Central Committee Office, Mr. Le Hoai Trung, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central External Relations Commission, Mr. Bui Thanh Son, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Malaysian representatives including Mr. Tuan Chang Lih Kang, Minister of Science and Technology, Mr. Dato Tan Yang Thai, Ambassador of Malaysia to Vietnam; along with senior officials of the two countries, the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia, leaders of Ho Chi Minh City, Saigontourist Group, Genesis Group, Malaysian, Vietnamese and international media agencies. The bilateral tourism development cooperation program between Vietnam and Malaysia was marked by the signing ceremony of the signing ceremony of the cooperation memorandum between Saigontourist Group and Genesis Travel Group of Malaysia. Specifically, the two sides will cooperate to expand the market and promote tourism, hotels, transportation, cuisine, education, event organization, festivals and tourism fairs... in Vietnam, Malaysia and other countries. Saigontourist Group and Genesis Group will develop and promote tourism products suitable for tourists to Vietnam and Malaysia, promoting the program "two countries - one destination". The cooperation is expected to create a "push" to optimize the tourism potential of both countries, creating many new, more attractive and unique tourism products. Both countries have many attractive destinations, the cooperation will help expand the market, promote two-way tourism between Vietnam and Malaysia.
Welcome guests at Grand Saigon, one of the Saigontourist Group hotels that attracts many Malaysian guests
Saigontourist Group is the leading tourism group in Vietnam, established on August 1, 1975, currently managing more than 100 hotels, resorts, restaurants, travel agencies, entertainment areas, tourism training schools, exhibition areas, conferences, seminars, golf courses, cable television... With the effort to strengthen brand development as well as expand the scope of connections to increase the value of the group's core business areas, Saigontourist Group has pioneered in implementing many key cooperation and association programs with many domestic and foreign strategic partners. "The signing and exchange of Memorandums of Understanding today takes place in the context of the increasingly strong development of the cooperative relationship between Vietnam and Malaysia. The signing of the Memorandums of Understanding not only demonstrates the commitment of the parties in promoting tourism cooperation but also contributes significantly to promoting the image of the country and people of Vietnam to international friends. We expect that this cooperation program will create many new opportunities to develop tourism products, improve service quality, attract more and more tourists to Vietnam and Malaysia, and contribute to promoting the socio-economic development of both countries," said Mr. Pham Huy Binh, Chairman of Saigontourist Group. Genesis Group is a multi-industry corporation, always at the forefront of the best trends and potentials from all fields, cooperating with global creative experts to bring excellent experiences and satisfaction to customers. The group's business areas include retail, food services, education, real estate development, hotel management, golf club management and many others.
Saigontourist Group's Culinary Culture Festival attracts many international diners, including Malaysian guests.
"We expect the cooperation between Saigontourist Group and Genesis Group, two leading tourism groups in ASEAN, to bring a new breakthrough to boost the growth of the two-way tourism market between Malaysia and Vietnam, as well as bring the image of the friendly and beautiful land and people of Vietnam and Malaysia to the people, tourists of the two countries and the international community," said Ms. Ta Hui May, Chairman of Genesis Group. Malaysia in particular and Southeast Asia in general are important international tourist markets for Vietnam tourism as well as Saigontourist Group. The Saigontourist Group system annually welcomes and serves hundreds of thousands of Southeast Asian tourists, bringing in thousands of billions of VND in revenue. Recently, the Muslim community market from Malaysia and other countries in the region has emerged. In the opposite direction, Saigontourist Group's subsidiary, Saigontourist Travel Service Company, has brought tens of thousands of Vietnamese tourists to participate in single-route Malaysia tours or inter-route Malaysia tours connecting Southeast Asian countries.
Many Malaysian tourists explore Vietnam through Saigontourist tours. In the picture, the group explores Con Dao.
According to Mr. Pham Huy Binh, the Vietnam - Malaysia tourism promotion program is one of the international promotion activities of Saigontourist Group in 2024, especially the programs in cooperation with Vietnam Airlines to co-organize international events that have been implemented by both sides in the past, with the aim of promoting the image of Vietnamese tourism to international friends, contributing to the development of tourism in Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam. In particular, the typical program to launch Vietnam's destinations in the Chinese market in April 2024, the Vietnam - Cambodia Tourism Promotion Program "Two Countries One Destination" in July 2024. Most recently, Saigontourist Group cooperated with Vietnam Airlines to co-organize the Vietnam - Europe tourism promotion program in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany on October 7, 2024. It is expected that in December this year, there will be a program to promote Vietnamese tourism in Japan, along with major international tourism events such as the International Tourism Fair ITB Berlin 2024, the World Tourism Fair WTM London 2024... In addition, in October 2024 in Seoul, Korea, Saigontourist Group cooperated with Tuoi Tre newspaper to successfully organize the Vietnam Pho Festival 2024 event, attracting over 28,000 guests, affirming the brand, a bright spot, creating a big echo in the field of Vietnamese culinary culture - Saigontourist Group in the international market. Source: https://thanhnien.vn/saigontourist-group-phat-trien-thi-truong-malaysia-nhan-chuyen-tham-malaysia-cua-tong-bi-thu-to-lam-185241123173357734.htm
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