Viet Nam has been nominated for six prestigious prizes at the 2019 World Travel Awards (WTA) which is scheduled to take place later this year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Viet Nam was nominated for six prestigious prizes at the 2019 World Travel Awards (WTA), including the World's Leading Culinary Destination title (Photo: VNA)

Among the prizes, Viet Nam as a country has received nominations in the World’s Leading Destination, Culinary Destination, and Cultural Destination categories.

In addition, the capital city of Ha Noi and the ancient city of Hoi An have been selected to compete for the titles of World’s Leading City Destination and World’s Leading Cultural City Destination, respectively.

Furthermore, the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism is in contention for the World’s Leading Tourist Board.

The award ceremony for the Asian region is slated to be held in Viet Nam’s Phu Quoc island in the southern province of Kien Giang on October 12, while the global event is set to get underway in Muscat, Oman in November.

The deadline for voting for Vietnam is October 20 at the WTA’s website http://www.worldtravelawards.com/vote.

First held in 1993, the annual WTA aims to honour outstanding destinations and high-quality tourism service providers.

In 2018, Vietnam won the Asia’s Leading Destination category.

(Source: VNA)