VietNamNet Bridge – The central city’s tourism department has asked the Immigration Administration of Viet Nam under the Ministry of Public Security to ban Chinese tour guide Wang Jihong from entering Vietnam due to her distortion of Vietnamese history and culture during a tour in the city in February.

Chinese tour guide Wang Jihong (right) in a video clip in which she claimed Vietnam was once a part of China in the city in February. — Photo courtesy Da Nang tourism department

In a video clip on posted on Facebook, Wang Jihong told a group of four Chinese tourists that Vietnam was once a part of China and that the national dress, the ao dai, originates from a Chinese style as she led them on a tour of the city’s museum on February 26th.

Vice chairman of the city’s tourism department Tran Chi Cuong said the department had investigated and concluded that Wang Jihong, 48, presented a distorted view of Vietnamese history and culture on the tour.

Wang Jihong left Vietnam on March 2.

Wang Jihong received a temporary residential extension in Vietnam with tourist purpose through Eviva Travel Agency in Da Nang brand, according to Cuong.

The department also fined Tran A Hung, a local guide employed by tour operator Uyen Hung travel and trade company VND12.5 million (US$553) for his poor management and supervision of the Chinese tourist group. Uyen Hung company was fined VND4 million ($177).

Source: VNS