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Tasks of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam in management in tourism business and tour guiding

08:50, 06/08/2017

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is a governmental agency performing the state management of culture, family affairs, physical training, sports and tourism nationwide, and public services in sectors and fields under its management. Tasks and powers of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam in state management in tourism business and tour guiding are as follows:

1. Manage and organize the issuance and revocation of licenses and other certificates concerning tourism activities within its power;

2. Provide guidance on the implementation of regulations of law on tour operator services, tourist accommodation and other tourism services;

3. Provide guidelines for conditions, procedures and applications for issuance, replacement, reissuance and revocation of tour operator licenses;

4. Provide guidelines for standards, procedures and applications for rating of a tourist accommodation establishment and revocation of the decision on rating of a tourist accommodation establishment;

5. Organize the appraisal and rating of tourist accommodation establishments and inspection of quality of tourist accommodation establishments as prescribed by law;

6. Provide guidelines for standards and the specimen of the signboard which shows the provider of other tourism services has been already qualified for provision of services for tourists, and applications and procedures for recognition of the provider of other tourism services qualified for provision of services for tourists;

7. Provide guidelines for conditions, procedures and applications for issuance, replacement, reissuance and revocation of tour guide licenses.

View more details at Decree No. 79/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from July 17, 2017.

- Ngoc Duyen -

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