Visitors to Sense Market, an undeground market in District 1 of HCM City (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)




HCM City (VNA) –
HCM City looks forward to sharing experience with Italy in tourism management
and relic preservation, a municipal official has said.



Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Thu told
visiting Italian Undersecretary of State of Cultural Heritage and Activities
and Tourism Donari Bianchi on September 8 that tourism is among the city’s key
industries, contributing greatly to the local socio-economic development.



Thu asked Bianchi, in her position, to continue
enhancing partnership between HCM City and Italy’s localities, especially
through cultural exchanges, art performances and tourism, dedicating to
increased mutual understanding, solidarity and friendship between their people.



Highlighting the development of the two nations’
relations in recent years, Bianchi vowed that Italy would step up cooperation
with Vietnam and HCM City in particular in culture and tourism.



Italy is willing to send experts to help the Vietnamese
city preserve historical and cultural relic sites as well as provide scholarships
for officials in charge of arts and culture and museum preservation, she noted.



The two sides should ramp up tourism promotion campaigns
to introduce their people to cultural heritages and tourism potential of
Vietnam and Italy.-VNA