VOV.VN - The Ban Gioc – Detian Waterfall Scenic Zone, the first cross-border tourist site between Vietnam and China, was officially put into operation on October 15 after a test-run for more than a year.

Thanks to the close cooperation between Vietnamese and Chinese travel firms and harmonised tourism promotion policies of the two countries, the number of Vietnamese and Chinese tourists travelling to the other country has completely recovered with strong growth potential.

More than 60 Vietnamese enterprises are taking part in the 8th China-South Asia (CSA) Expo and the 28th Kunming Import and Export Fair which opened in Kunming city of China's Yunnan province on July 23.

Private carrier Vietjet announced its new route linking the central province of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang beach city to the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Daegu city at the Vietnam-RoK culture-tourism cooperation promotion forum held in Seoul on July 1.

VOV.VN - Iran hosted a tourism roadshow and a workshop in Hanoi on July 1 to boost tourism cooperation and spur the development of the tourism industry of the two countries.

VOV.VN - The northwestern Chinese province of Shaanxi introduced its culture and tourism potential at a conference held on March 21 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Following their successes in cooperation over the past five decades, Vietnam, including Ho Chi Minh City, and Japan need to immediately implement cooperation projects to mark the first year of the next 50-year period of cooperation, said Phan Van Mai, chairman of the municipal People’s Committee.

VOV.VN - Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung has suggested that ASEAN member states should seek to enhance connections and work to support ASEAN centres in China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (RoK) for the purpose of tourism promotional activities.

Director of the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT) Nguyen Trung Khanh put forth some measures to boost regional tourism cooperation while addressing the 59th Meeting of the ASEAN National Tourism Organisations in Vientiane, Laos, on January 23.

Authorities and the tourism sector of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Chungcheong region are seeking ways to boost tourism cooperation with Ha Long Bay – a UNESCO-recognised World Natural Heritage in the northern province of Quang Ninh.