(VOVWORLD) -As China resumes group tourism to 40 countries, including Vietnam, starting on Wednesday, hundreds of Chinese tourists entered Vietnam via Huu Nghi International Border Gate in Lang Son province and Lao Cai International Border Gate in Lao Cai Province.
 124 Chinese tourists enter Vietnam through Huu Nghi international border gate, Lang Son province, March 15. Photo: VOV
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At Huu Nghi border gate, 124 Chinese tourists entered Vietnam to start a three-day, two-night trip to attractions in Hanoi and Ha Long city of Quang Ninh province.
Ha Van Sieu, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, said that China's resumption of tours to Vietnam sends a positive signal.
“Welcoming international tourists, Chinese tourists, we aim at a high-class, diverse group of guests and how to serve well for them to stay and travel more in Vietnam. We must carefully study their needs to cater to diverse needs. Tourism products must be associated with the unique and distinctive culture of Vietnam as well as well the values of nature and people, especially the hospitality of the Vietnamese people,” Sieu added.
 Welcoming the first Chinese tour group to enter Lao Cai after the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: VOV
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Also Wednesday, 80 Chinese tourists entered Lao Cai for a four-day three-night tour to Hanoi and Ha Long Bay.
Ms. Die Pan Pan, a group member, said “I feel happy and touched because during the three years of the pandemic we were not able to travel. Today is like a new day. I don't know what to say other than to thank the government and people of Vietnam and China.”