Vietnam starts work on Qatar-backed tourism projects

Vietnam has started work on a number of Qatar-backed tourism projects as part the Gulf state’s plans to invest up to US$4bn in the Far Eastern country, officials said at the weekend.

“A number of Qatari projects are under preparation, which would make investments in Vietnam’s tourism sector, including construction of tourist complexes,” Nguyen Quy Phuong, director-general of travel industry management department at the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, told the Doha-based Gulf Times newspaper, without giving any further specifics on the projects.

Phuong was speaking in Doha on the sidelines of the opening of the 8th edition of the international travel expo (ITE), which was designed to promote tourism in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.

Officials said last month Qatar was planning to invest up to US$4bn in projects in Vietnam, including setting up of a labour centre to train workers before they travel to new jobs in the Gulf.

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