The PRIME MINISTER'S DECISION to approve Vietnam tourism development strategy 2001-2010 PRIME Government Organization Law base on December 25, 2001;

The base tourism Ordinance August 02, 1999;

Proposal of tourism at no. 1009/TCDL-BBTCLngày 30 October 2001 and no. 558/TCDL-năm2002 on June 12, the NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION of "Vietnam tourism development strategy 2001-2010", DECIDES: 1. To approve the "Vietnam tourism development strategy 2001-2010", like the following principal contents : 1. Objectives of the strategy: a) general objective: Pháttriển travel become a spearhead economic sector on the basis of hiệuquả exploiting the advantage of natural conditions, ecology, cultural history, the maximum domestic resources huyđộng and enlist the cooperation, international support gópphần, made of industrialization and modernization of the country. Each step brought water tatrở into a tourist center has the stature of the region, striving after the year 2010 dulịch Vietnam was grouped countries with the tourism development in khuvực.

b) specific objectives: Phấnđấu GDP growth of the tourism industry on average the period 2001-2010 đạt11-11.5%/year, with the following specific criteria: Năm2005: International Guests on Vietnam tours from 3 to 3.5 million, and the local kháchnội from 15 and 16 million, the tourism income reached over 2 billion USD;

2010: International Guests on Vietnam travel from 5.5 to 6 million, and the local kháchnội from 25 to 26 million, the tourism income reached 4 to 4.5 billion dollars.

2. development of a number of fields: a) On the market: Khaithác international customers from other markets in East Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, BắcMỹ, focuses on the markets of ASEAN, China, Japan, Korea, Usa, France, Germany, England, incorporating tapping markets in North Asia, Northern Europe, Australia, New Zealand CIS and Eastern European countries.

Chútrọng development and the exploitation of the domestic tourism market, promote the best lợithế local tourism development, meet the requirements for the Exchange, integration with the vàphù provisions of the State. Create conditions for people to travel and foreign trongnước, enhance, improve physical, spiritual life of the people.

b) on investment for tourism development: tourism development Đầutư to combine the good use of investment resources from sáchnhà water with the exploitation, use of foreign capital and mobilize sources of lựctrong inhabitants according to the motto of socializing for tourism development. Pháttriển investment priorities the national General and thematic tourist areas.

Kếthợp upgrade investment, developing tourist attractions, infrastructure investment for tourism with kỹthuật propaganda, promotion and training, human travel triểnnguồn to create attractive tourism products, with đặcthù for each region and country.

Cókế promote the tourism development plan for the key tourist areas such as Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Nghe An, hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, ĐàLạt, Vung Tau, Hochiminh city, Phu Quoc, HA TIEN and the tuyếndu of national significance to link the region, the local has the potential of national dulịch in tourist spots, the national tourist routes in line with economic development plan hợptrong-local society and the country.

Đốivới tourist cities such as: Ha Long Bay, hue, Nha Trang, Dalat, Vung Tau; cácđô tourism marketing as: Sa Pa, Son, Sam son, Hoi Ha TIEN, Phan Thiet, cầnphải investment for tourism development in a reasonable manner to ensure the harmonization between urban pháttriển with sustainable tourism development, in order to increase the attractiveness of tourist unAmerican activities.

Thựchiện socialization in the investment, protect, embellish the môitrường landscape, monuments, festivals, cultural activities, the village serving pháttriển travel.

c) On human resources development and applied research khoahọc, technology: Xâydựng base system of tourism human resource training: vocational training, trungcấp, College, University and college students in tourism.

Basic Đổimới the management and organization of tourism human resource training; mớichương change process, content and training methods according to national standards for ngànhdu; associating theory with practice, training with research to improve lượnggiảng teaching and qualifications of the teaching staff.

Đẩymạnh basic research and applied research dulịch science technology develop advanced sustainable tourism, create new developments cóhiệu results in research and application of the achievements of science and technology and management vàohoạt business travel.

d) On promotion, advocacy and promoting tourism: Đẩymạnh promotion, advocacy, promoting tourism with flexible forms; close phốihợp between ministries; international cooperation in tourist độngxúc in and outside the country, step by step to build and improve the image ảnhdu the calendar Vietnam on the international scene; the awareness and responsibility of cáccấp, the branches and the people about the position, the role of tourism in socio-economic triểnkinh of the country.

DD) integration, international cooperation on tourism


(1.57 in) to strengthen and expand bilateral cooperation and multilateral cooperation with the international uk, the country has the ability and the experience of developing tourism. Hiệntốt real cooperation with countries that have established partnerships, especially the calendar tácdu Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam, Thailand, Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia-Thailand-Myanmar; the Mekong subregion cooperation, expansion of tourism sôngMêkông-the Ganges. Implementation of commitments and interests in mining tácdu schedule with the World Tourism Organization (WTO), the Economic Cooperation Forum Asia-Pacific (APEC), Hiệphội travel Asia-Pacific (PATA) vàHiệp South East Tourism Association (ASEANTA) , The European Union (EU). Preparation of kiệnđể things at a high level of integration with the world travel when Vietnam joins the World Business Organization (WTO).

Khuyếnkhích and create favorable conditions to attract foreign direct investment vàocác resorts, the project created a particular travel product, high quality. Thuhút and effective use of ODA for human resource development, environmental protection and côngnghệ travel.

3. development of tourism regions: a) the Northern tourist region: consists of the province of Ha Giang from Ha Tinh to Hanoi is the center of the region and of the dynamic growth of tourism Hanoi-Haiphong-Ha Long. The characteristic tourist products of the region's cultural, ecological tourism combined with sightseeing tours, vacation packages, research.

b) tourism regions of North-Central: consists of the province, the city of Bìnhđến from Quang Ngai. Hue and Danang was the center of the region and the dynamic tourism Quang Tri tăngtrưởng-Hue-Danang-Quang Nam. Special trưngcủa region tourism product is sports tourism, recreation, relaxation, sea, visiting the cultural history of tíchlịch mobile, revolution, world cultural heritage.

c) Southern-Central and southern Vietnam: Including the province from Kon Tum to CàMau with two tourism regions of South-Central and southern Vietnam. The center of the region is thànhphố and the area is tourism growth: Ho Chi Minh City-Nha Trang-da LAT-Ho Chi Minh City, can tho-Phu Quoc, HA Tien-Ho Chi Minh-Vung Tau thànhphố-Phan Thiet. The characteristic tourist products of the làdu resort, tour schedule and to harness the strengths of dảiven sea travel in South-Central and Central Highlands, River travel, eco-tourism in Mekong River đồngbằng.

Pháttriển travel in the region, the key areas of tourism, the need arose, từđiều characteristics of social-economic development of each region and each region's tourism thếvề benefit aims to harness the potential of the country's best to travel pháttriển.

4. These solutions: complete legal system Tiếptục tourism; well organized the thựchiện Ordinance on travel, at the same time prepare the conditions necessary to develop the dựngLuật tourism, create a legal environment for the management of tourist activities, thuhút every domestic and foreign resources for tourism development investment accord vớitiến course of development and economic integration of the country.

Đầutư to the development of infrastructure in the key areas of tourism, the national dulịch, the tourism has the potential to develop tourism in mountainous, remote areas ... on the basis of exploiting potentials and strengths of từngvùng, each sector, each locality; the effective combination of the use of the cácnguồn State and the resources from the economic sectors at the beginning of the tourism development in tưphát socialization development of tourism.

Sắpxếp the State enterprises operating in the tourism sector, hiệnchủ holdings account, rent, sell, lease ... State enterprises.

Cảicách administration, decentralization and simplifying the procedures related to the dulịch guests and business travellers.

Kếthợp flexible forms of propaganda, such as fairs, workshops, exhibitions ... and other propaganda media to promote matching travel vớiđịnh travel market development in and outside the country. At the same time tranhthủ from external resources and international assistance to staff in contact tiếnquảng count reach efficiently.

Xâydựng and implement human resource development plan for tourism. Enhance lượngđào to create tourism with appropriate human resources structure. Water châmNhà method implementation, Enterprise joined in the training of human resource development in tourism. Pilot model of coordination between vocational training establishments and business vớinguồn funding from the State budget and from the business. Importance and increasing international cườnghợp about the tourism human resource training.

Cóchính book of reasonable remuneration to attract talents, professionals, artisans took part in giavào the country's tourism development.

Đẩymạnh application of science and technology in the service of tourism development; chútrọng the right level of application and development of information technology and tourism. Construction of lậphệ database systems specializes in the travel industry to meet the requirements of the economic development nghiệpphát. Encourage, create conditions for the individual organization thamgia research and application progress of science and technology on economic activity doanhdu. Strengthening cooperation with organizations, scientific bodies within and outside the nướcđể enlist the experience, technical support, access to new achievements of advanced science, technology, international tourism to apply for tourist Trinkets.


(1.57 in) the role and effect of State management of environmental management, dulịch resources, especially in the national tourist area, the tourist has steamed dẫncao, the ecological tourist area; encouraging and facilitating the mobilization of sựtham and the contributions of organizations and individuals to the protection of resources, môitrường travel, ensuring sustainable development of tourism of Vietnam.

Lồngghép training and education on environment and tourism resources in chapter trìnhgiảng of the training system to teach all levels of travel; raise awareness of việcbảo protection resources, travel environment for tourists and community cưthông through the mass media.

Chủđộng join the multilateral, bilateral cooperation, good mining benefits the society viênvà performing his obligations. Prepare the conditions for the integration of tourism lịchở a high level, first prepare the conditions to exploit the factors of dulịch in the Vietnam trade agreement enforcement-the United States and also as khiViệt Nam joined the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Hướngdẫn and facilitates the construction business plan solution to thựchiện international commitment in tourism and in the General tếnói of economic cooperation, enhance their competitiveness on the market, increase market share on the traditional thịtrường and gradually heightening on new markets.

Khuyếnkhích and create the conditions to support the Vietnam tourism investment business out nướcngoài. Implementation of diversification, diversification of tourism relations with countries to vừatranh its investment capital, technology, technical management experience ..., just followed tụctạo and enhance the image and the position of tourism in the region and the world at trênthế.

Article 2. Implementation 1. Pursuant to the objectives, the content of this strategy, phốihợp on tourism with the ministries, ministerial agencies, government agencies, committees, the city dântỉnh centrally implementing organization "Chiếnlược Vietnam tourism development 2001-2010", proposals and recommendations to the competent State cơquan implement the necessary solutions development Khai thựchiện this strategy.

2. Ministries, ministerial agencies, government agencies, provincial people's Committee, centrally thànhphố by function, duty, their powers have tráchnhiệm in collaboration with the General Directorate of tourism made the objectives of the strategy; đảmbảo uniformity, synchronize with the implementation plans of social-economic development of the sector and local.

Article 3 this decision has the effect after 15 days from the date of signing.

4. Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, heads of government agencies, the Chairman of the people's committees of provinces and cities under central subject tráchnhiệm this decision enforcement./.