Hue City won the prize for “ASEAN Clean Tourist City” during the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2018 (ATF), Nguyen Van Thanh, chairman of the city People’s Committee, has announced.

Muong Thanh Luxury Can Tho won the MICE ASEAN Venue Standard prize. — Photo courtesy of the group

Hoi An and Da Lat also won prizes in the category.

In total, Viet Nam won 14 prizes. Among them, Muong Thanh Hospitality Group won two MICE ASEAN Venue Standard prizes for Muong Thanh Luxury Can Tho and Muong Thanh Luxury Vientiane, the group’s first hotel outside of Viet Nam.

The ASEAN Green Hotel prize went to the Four Seasons The Nam Hai Hotel (Quang Nam), Pilgrimage Village Hotel (Hue), Six Senses Con Dao Resort (Ba Ria-Vung Tau), the Grand Ho Tram Strip (Ba Ria-Vung Tau) and Flamingo Dai Lai Resort (Vinh Phuc).

Thai Hai Tourism Village (Thai Nguyen) won the ASEAN Sustainable Award (ASTA).

Viet Nam participated in the ATF held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on January 22-26 with the aim of promoting Viet Nam as a safe, friendly and attractive destination among ASEAN countries and to help prepare for hosting the ATF 2019.

The Chiang Mai forum is also an opportunity for localities and Viet Nam tourism agencies to work with international tourism agencies and organisations. — VNS