Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of Lao PDR Met with the Participants of the ASEAN Ecotourism Forum

On 22 June 2016, H.E. Prof. Dr. Bosengkham Vongdara, Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of Lao PDR, and H.E. Dr. Bounthong Divixay, Governor of Champasak Province of Lao PDR, jointly met with the participants of the ASEAN Ecotourism Forum. H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), Ministers and Vice Ministers of Tourism of the ASEAN countries, H.E. Dr. Lim Hong Hin, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN, Mr. Xu Jing, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific (China) of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), H.E. Mr. Kim Young-sun, Secretary General of the ASEAN-Korea Centre and representative from the ASEAN-Japan Centre were present. 

During the meeting, Secretary-General Yang Xiuping had warm and friendly exchanges with Minister Bosengkham Vongdara, Governor Bounthong Divixay, and Ministers or Vice Ministers of Tourism from Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Viet Nam. She briefed on ACC’s efforts and work plan in boosting tourism cooperation between ASEAN and China, and said that ACC would like to work closely with all sides to further promote and deepen tourism cooperation for the benefit of the people in this region. The participants praised ACC’s work and hoped that ACC could fully exploit its advantages to achieve more fruitful results in promoting ASEAN-China functional cooperation in tourism and other areas.