Ho Chi Minh city- Vietnam

As many as 130 companies, organizations, individuals and localities will be given the 7th annual Guide Awards at a ceremony to be held in southern Binh Thuan Province on March 25, 2006.

The awards will be presented to the winners in recognition of their contributions and achievements to the development of tourism and services over the past year.

Among the winners, the Victoria Hotels and Resort Group, with the four best resorts and hotels in the respective areas of Sapa, Can Tho, Chau Doc and Phan Thiet will receive the Pioneering Distant Destinations Prize. The Accor Group with four hotels in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh will be recognized with the Professional Service Prize and Khaisilk with the Restoration of Vietnamese Style Prize.

Vietnam's cultural values will be highlighted under Guide Awards 2006. Rex and Huong Giang Hotels took the lead in finding and maintaining the traditional cultural values.

The Best Promotion of Vietnamese Prize will also be handed over to XQ fine art and handicraft village in Dalat for organizing the 2005 embroidery festival.

(Source: VNA)