Ministries and agencies of Venezuela, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have organised the 5th ASEAN Day in Venezuela, aiming to boost tourism cooperation between the South American nation and the ASEAN countries.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela Le Viet Duyen speaks at the ASEAN Day in Venezuela. (Photo: baoquocte.vn)
BuenosAires (VNA) – Ministries and agencies of Venezuela, Vietnam,Indonesia, Malaysia and ♍Thailand have organised the 5th ASEAN Day in Venezuela,aiming to boost tourism cooperation betw𒀰een the South American nation and the ASEAN countries.
Theevent was held within the framework of the Venezuela InternationalTourism Festival 2022 (FITVEN 2022).
Speakingat the opening, Venezuelan Tourism Minister Ali Padron highly appreciated thepresence of the ASEAN countries at FIT🌳VEN 2022 as well as their cooperation toorganise the ASEAN Day 2022.
Accordingto the minister, with typical landscape features, the two sides have manypotential and opportunities to attract tourists. Tourism promotion activitiesand enhanced information exchange among tour operators will contribute topromoting and realising these potential and opportunities. Hesaid that the Venezuelan government attaches great importance to the role oftourism in development. The FITVEN events held in recent years have demonstrated Venezuela's efforts to promote and make tourism an important economic sector.
DeputyMinister of Foreign Affairs Capaya Rodriguez said that the ASEAN countries brought a new,unique Southeast Asian space to the tourism festival.
TheASEAN Day 2022 event marked the success of the Government of Venezuela and theASEAN Committee in Caracas (ACC) in promoting multifaceted cooperation betweenVenezuela and the ASEﷺAN member states.
Rodriguez affirmed that the Venezuelan Ministry of ForeignAffairs always attaches importance to promoting relations with the ASEAN countries and looks forward to soon joining the Treaty of Amity and Cooperationin Southeast Asia (TAC).
Women perform Vietnamese hat dance at the event. (Photo: baoquocte.vn)
VietnameseAmbassador to Venezuela Le Viet Duyen introduced an overview of Vietnam'stourism and the role of the tourism industry in the country’s economy in recentyears. Healso talked about the attraction of Vietnam's tourism such as destinations,the diversity of landscapes, regional cultures and typical foods that are well-known all over the world. Visitorsto the event had a chance to enjoy Vietnamese fan and hat dances andtraditional foods such as spring rolls, shrimp chips and boiled pork coated intoasted rice powder. Alsoon this occasion, Venezuelan Deputy Minister of Tourism Leticia Gomezofficially announced a special publication of the tourism magazine Viajes Veneturwith the theme of ASEAN. The publication delivers messages from the heads ofrepresentative offices of the ASEAN countries in Venezuela as well as articles aboutthe countries' tourism./.
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Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela Le Viet Duyen speaks at the ASEAN Day in Venezuela. (Photo: baoquocte.vn) 
Women perform Vietnamese hat dance at the event. (Photo: baoquocte.vn) 
