Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Van Tho said this is an opportunity for Vietnam to advertise itself. He said that through this contest, the world will know more about Vietnam. He called for all Vietnamese people to do their part and vote.
At the ceremony, a 6-litre Hennessy Mathusalem bottle was auctioned off. The $25,000 proceeds were then presented to the Halong Bay Management Board.

TTO - After nearly one month launching the voting, the organizor NewOpenWorld has received more than 1 million votes. Halong Bay belongs to the group with the most votes.

A seminar on Vietnam-Japan tourism cooperation was held in Nha Trang City of southern Khanh Hoa Province on February 27

The seminar, co-organised by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), the Vietnam Airlines (VA) and the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA), aims at building an action plan and discusses a tourism development programme to bring visitors to the two countries this year.