During the program of attending the 8th Greater Mekong Subregion Cooperation Summit and working visit to China, on the afternoon of November 8, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and spoke at the program introducing Vietnamese culture and tourism in Chongqing city.
According to VNA, speaking at the program, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his joy to visit Chongqing, a beautiful city on the Yangtze River, with majestic nature, beautiful landscapes, unique culture, unique cuisine, kind people, a young city but developing dynamically, comprehensively and rapidly. This is a very suitable location to organize a program to introduce Vietnamese culture and tourism.
The Prime Minister highly appreciated the organization of Vietnamese cultural and tourism programs and festivals in China, which not only meet the cultural and tourism needs of the people of the two countries, but also contribute to strengthening the friendship of "both comrades and brothers" between the two countries, which has practical significance, especially in the context of the two countries preparing to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations (January 18, 1950 - January 18, 2025).
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that cultural and tourism cooperation between the two countries is of great significance in contributing to elevating the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and building a Vietnam-China community of shared future with the strategic meaning of "6 more". In which, the third content "deeper substantive cooperation" with cultural and tourism cooperation is a highlight in the bilateral relationship in recent times.
Recognizing that China will remain Vietnam's largest tourism market, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on cultural and tourism businesses to promote cooperation and connect the two countries in culture and tourism, and implement specific and practical cooperation programs and projects to contribute to promoting cultural and tourism cooperation between Vietnam and China to develop further in the spirit of the 20 words "close connection; harmonious coordination; extensive cooperation; inclusive, comprehensive; effective and appropriate".
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that every business and every citizen contribute to the friendship between Vietnam and China, which is both comrade and brother, to increasingly blossom and bear fruit, bringing practical results to businesses, the two countries and the two peoples.
The Prime Minister hopes and believes that with the attention of the two governments, the support of relevant agencies and the efforts of the business community and related entities, cultural and tourism cooperation between the two countries will become increasingly substantive, effective and sustainable.
Within the framework of the program, Vietnamese tourism and transportation corporations and enterprises and Chinese partners signed and exchanged 7 memorandums of understanding to promote two-way tourist attraction and exchange in the coming time, including a memorandum of understanding between the tourism agencies of the two countries; between Vietnam Airlines Corporation and Nguyen Chi Lu Guangzhou Tourism and Science and Technology Company Limited on launching the campaign to bring 299,000 tourists to Vietnam from 2024-2030.
