Vietnamese, Chinese Cities Cooperate in Sea Route Promotion

Officials from Ha Long Bay, the renowned World Heritage Site in northern Quang Ninh province, and China’s Beihei City have signed an agreement in Guangxi, bringing the two cities together in a spirit of cooperation to develop tourism, trade and human resource training.

 

The two sides will work together to market tourism between the two cities and the two countries generally, enhance the quality of tourism services and increase their mutual knowledge.

 

To further strengthen ties between the two localities, delegations will be sent in both directions each year for exchanges of trade, culture and tourism.

 

Quang Ninh and Chinese Guangxi inked a deal last year to reopen a roundtrip tour after two years without such a service. Accordingly, tourists will arrive at Guangxi province on the Vinashin Rose hydrofoil departing from Hong Gai port in Quang Ninh, home to the world heritage site, Ha Long Bay.

 

The two countries plan to develop the sea route from Beihei to Ha Long for cruise-ship tourism. Routes to other coastal cities in Vietnam and elsewhere in Southeast Asia will also be developed.