Mr. Ha Van Sieu, Deputy Director of Viet Nam National Authority of Tourism; Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh, Permanent Vice Chairman of Hue City People's Committee; Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diep, Vice Chairwoman of Can Tho City People's Committee; leaders of Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho, Hau Giang, Soc Trang, Hue City Department of Tourism; Can Tho City and Hue Tourism Association; tourism enterprises in 7 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta and North Central: Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Tri.

The conference is one of the activities in response to Hue National Tourism Year 2025.

The event introduces and promotes the image of the land, people, and typical tourism products of Can Tho and the Mekong Delta region, connecting and attracting tourists in Hue and the North Central region; connecting tourism businesses between localities, building product routes, expanding the market, creating conditions for exploiting and promoting the effectiveness of flights from Can Tho to the provinces and cities of the Central region and vice versa.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diep (left, 2nd leading), Vice Chairwoman of Can Tho City People's Committee, met with tourism businesses of localities at the conference space. Photo: KIEU MAI

Can Tho, Soc Trang, Hau Giang, Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Tri all have tourism potential with a diverse and distinct product system, creating attraction for tourists. Therefore, the connection and cooperation between localities will create many opportunities for businesses to exchange, link and cooperate to promote tourism development between the two regions of the Mekong Delta and the North Central.

At the conference, delegates shared and proposed: increasing the frequency of flights from Can Tho to the Central region, including studying the opening of a direct flight connecting Can Tho to Phu Bai (Hue); cooperating to building joint tourism promotion programs; linking to build inter-route and product chains connecting Can Tho and Hue, the Mekong Delta and the Central region; strengthening cooperation and exchanging experiences in preserving and promoting the value of cultural heritage to develop tourism, aiming at sustainable tourism models; building a tourism business cooperation alliance between the two regions...

Speaking at the conference, Mr. Ha Van Sieu, Deputy Director of Viet Nam National Authority of Tourism, noted the initiative of Can Tho Tourism sector in organizing a conference to promote and advertise tourism in Hue. This is a meaningful event, part of a series of activities in response to the National Tourism Year 2025. Can Tho and Hue are the tourism centers of the country, with a distinct traditional identity with many tourism products imbued with indigenous culture. Cooperation and tourism development between Can Tho, Hue, the Mekong Delta and the North Central region promises to open up many opportunities to build new products and connect markets. 

The Can Tho City Tourism Association and Hue Tourism Association signed a cooperation agreement on tourism development. Photo: KIEU MAI

In order for the cooperation and linkage of tourism development between localities to be substantive and in-depth, Mr. Ha Van Sieu suggested that the tourism sector should coordinate, study and develop mechanisms and policies to promote the specific strengths of each locality, thereby building products according to the thematic journey, combining heritage tourism - resort - ecology - cuisine; promote tourism stimulation, strengthen promotion and application of digital transformation in tourism management and development.

In the coming time, the Viet Nam National Authority of Tourism continues to advise the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to innovate and perfect the mechanism for tourism development cooperation, especially promoting public-private partnerships; accompanying localities to remove difficulties, implement support activities, create an open environment and conditions for businesses to accelerate and develop tourism effectively and sustainably.

On this occasion, the Tourism Association between the two cities: Can Tho and Hue signed a tourism cooperation agreement.