Some 30 Vietnamese travel agencies are introducing the country's tourism potential at the 41st International Tourism Trade Fair which opened in Berlin on Mar. 7.

The 165-square metre Vietnamese business booth has attracted many visitors to the five-day fair, which drew nearly 11,000 businesses from 184 countries around the world. It was built after the traditional communal house of ethnic communities in Viet Nam's Central Highland, surrounded by logs.
The Viet Nam Tourism Association, in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy in Berlin, will host various activities on the sidelines of the fair, including a working session between Vietnamese entrepreneurs and the Economic Cooperation Ministry and the Tourism Promotion Agency of Germany.
The Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) plans to meet with a German partner in Frankfurt to discuss its experience and seek opportunities to set up an office in Germany, according to Pham Tu, Vice Chairman of VNAT.
The Vietnamese delegation's press briefing on the fair's opening day attracted a great number of foreign businesses, who were particularly interested in business opportunities in Viet Nam after the country joined the World Trade Organisation.
The VNAT official affirmed to the businesses that Viet Nam respects and observes all international rules, which means equality (among all businesses) and no State subsidy.
Germany is a promising market for Viet Nam with 74,000 German holiday-makers visiting the country in 2006. The figure is expected to reach 100,000 in 2007.

(Source: VNA)