Cultural and tourism activities contribute to APEC’s success
Update: Nov 27, 2017
A conference to summarize cultural and tourism tasks during APEC Viet Nam 2017 Year has been organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, under the presidency of Deputy Minister Huynh Vinh Ai.


The inauguration ceremony of APEC park

To serve the event, the Ministry undertook the following tasks: building logo, a set of image recognition, shirt pin; building slogans, posters; designing APEC 2017 clothing; building APEC park; and organizing photo exhibition at International Media Centre, cinematographic activities and art performances, especially the Gala dinner.

These activities aimed to promote the year’s most significant political event to all Vietnamese people and introduce a Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity to international delegates.

For tourism programs, High Level Policy Dialogue on Sustainable Tourism was one of the eight APEC 2017 Ministerial-Level Meetings that is Viet Nam’s initiative to assert the importance of sustainable tourism development in boosting regional economic integration, inclusive of economic growth, business development and job creation.

In his speech, Mr. Huynh Vinh Ai recognized and hailed the efforts and achievements the Ministry’s Departments as well.

The cultural and tourism activities not only contributed to the success of APEC Viet Nam 2017 Year, but also created driving force to enhance and develop bilateral cooperation between Viet Nam and other member economies, he added.

CPV