Vietnam hosts ASEAN Tourism Investment Forum

The forum drew around 250 government officials and representatives from domestic and international companies and organizations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries.

The forum highlights three topics including ASEAN tourism investment framework, opportunities and advantages for tourism investment in ASEAN countries, and potential areas for tourism investment in those countries.

The forum provided a chance for representatives to exchange views on difficulties when investors carry out tourism investment process in ASEAN countries. Thus representatives held discussions on seeking measures to resolve these problems and boosting cooperation, said the report.

Hoang Tuan Anh, Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism said at the forum that tourism has played an important role in promoting socio-economic development in ASEAN countries in the past years.

Vietnamese government is creating favorable conditions to encourage domestic and international companies to increase investment in tourism, said Anh. Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xiinhuanet.com for full version.