Ho Chi Minh City and eight northeastern provinces have defined developing typical creative tours, routes and destinations as a key activity to boost their tourism links in the coming time.

Ho Chi Minh City and eight provinces in the expanded northwestern region hosted 69.2 million visitors in 2023, accounting for 105% of the set target and up nearly 28% year-on-year, heard a conference held in Lao Cai province on December 25 to review their tourism cooperation programme.

The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation for 2023-2027 period with Laos’ southern province of Champassak on September 26.

A seminar to promote tourism cooperation between the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau with a number of localities nationwide took place in the locality on December 24.