Vietnam and Bulgaria should promote tourism investment and cooperation
towards signing a new cooperation plan to replace their cooperation
agreement in the field inked in 2006.
This was
agreed at the first round-table conference to discuss ways to expand
tourism cooperation which was jointly held by the Vietnamese Embassy in
Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Embassy in Vietnam in Sofia on August 5.
Addressing the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to Bulgaria Le Duc Luu
said the two countries have seen a traditional friendship and
cooperation in the past 63 years, especially in the field of politics,
which serves as a sound momentum to boost their bilateral cooperation in
various areas in the time to come.
However, the
tourism and business cooperation between Vietnam and Bulgaria still
fails to reflect their potential and political ties, added Ambassador
Luu.
He also noted that Bulgaria is of great
potential and strength in tourism, welcoming 10 million tourists a year,
which paves the way for the two countries to intensify the cooperation
in the field.
In strengthening tourism
cooperation, the two sides should further implement specific measures in
line with each other’s law and international regulations, said
participants at the workshop.
Specifically, both
sides should enhance delegation exchanges and cooperation to step up
investments and managements for the development in this sector.
Delegates also agreed that the two countries’ tourism associations
should establish a working group to foster bilateral cooperation in the
field, promoting research on each country’s tourism market and exchanges
of relevant data and legal documents.
The
conference also raised suggestions to bolster tourism promotion and
create favourable conditions for Vietnamese and Bulgarian travel agents
to increase investment and business cooperation.-VNA