HCM City, Jan. 26 -- Ho Chi Minh City and 13 cities and provinces in the Mekong Delta will step up efforts to foster tourism cooperation in the next five years, local authorities have said.

The tourism cooperation programme between HCM City and the Mekong Delta signed last year outlined collaboration in five areas: State management in tourism, development of new products, marketing and promotion activities, training of human resources , and investment in tourism.

The cooperation had resulted in the forming of a regional tourism brand for HCM City and the Mekong Delta, said Phan Thi Thang, Vice Chairwoman of the HCM City People's Committee.

Marketing and communications activities were needed to promote the regional tourism brand and new...