HÀ NỘI –  The annual Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) is scheduled to take place between July 29 and August 1 at the Ha Noi Friendship Palace.

The event will gather 350 stalls of more than 4,000 enterprises from across the nation. Some 1,000 tourism enterprises and 52 localities in the country will join the event to exchange information.

Customers queue at Vietnam Airlines'  booth at the VITM last year. VNS Photo Le Hương 

Vũ Thế Bình, deputy chairman of Viet Nam Tourism Association, said the event has been postponed twice this year due to COVID-19.

The event, at which firms and localities will promote their products and destinations, this year will be themed 'New Normal Situation, New opportunity'.

The event last year was held in Ha Noi in November and drew more than 50,000 visitors.

The association has sent a letter to all tourism enterprises to encourage them to join the Government's vaccination programme where they pay for employees to receive the jabs.

Some 81,000 people involved in the field have registered to get vaccinated so far. – VNS