Vietnam sets up tourism training associationA tourism training association of Vietnam was set up at a congress in Ho Chi Minh City on August 1 with a view to fostering manpower development in the industry. It aims to connect, cooperation with and assist its members to develop tourism training, attract travel companies’ participation in personnel training, and design tourism skill standards. Visitors to Hoi An ancient town of Quang Nam provinceThe new association, founded by the Vietnam Tourism Association (VITA), gathers universities, colleges, vocational schools, research agencies, businesses, and organisations specialising in tourism. Although the country boasts hundreds of tourism training facilities nationwide, it still lacks uniform professional criteria. Total tourism revenue was over 234.97 trillion VND (10.54 billion USD), up 22.9 percent year on year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Source: VietNamNet News August 02, 2016 02:48 UTC