Decision No. 321/QD-TTg approving the national action program on tourism for the 2013-2020 period.

Subject

Environment gen., Wild species & ecosystems

Keyword

Tourism Mountain area Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Environmental planning Policy/planning

Geographical area

Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia

Entry into force notes

2013-2020

Abstract

This Decision approves the national action programme on tourism for the 2013-2020 period, with the following principal contents: To contribute to achieving the objectives set forth in the strategy for development of Vietnam's tourism through 2020, with a vision toward 2030. To strive for the target that by 2020, tourism will be basically developed into a spearhead and professional industry with fairly complete and modem technical and physical foundations and high-quality, diverse and branded tourist products deeply imbued with national cultural identity, and capable of competing with other countries in the region and the world; To build a system of tourist products based on resource advantages along the line of attaching importance to investment in improving service quality, promoting prominent values of tourism resources of regions and areas and assuring the principle of sustainable tourism development. To develop highly competitive tourist products suitable to target markets of Vietnam's tourism, attaching importance to the markets of high-spending and long-stay tourists; To build national tourism brands, brands of regional tourist products and brands of typical types of tourism indicative of localities and businesses, find a niche for Vietnam's tourism brands at home and abroad with a view to raising the competitiveness of Vietnam's tourism in the region and the world, and increase the effectiveness of tourism business and actively contributing to the national socio-­economic development. To increase tourism administration capacity through consolidating the state management apparatus; to perfect institutions and policies and enhance inter-sectoral coordination to facilitate tourism development; and to increase the effect and effectiveness of state management and the quality of officials performing the state management of tourism from the central to local levels.

Full text

English

References - Legislation

Implements

Decision No. 201/QD-TTg approving the master plan on development of Vietnam's tourism through 2020, with a vision toward 2030.

Legislation | Viet Nam | 2013

Keyword: Tourism, Mountain area, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Environmental planning, Cultural heritage, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX