Representatives from the ESRT Programme were Mr. Vu Quoc Tri, Programme Director and Mr. Truong Nam Thang, Sector Development Manager. Representatives from Thanh Hoa and Nghe An were Mr. Doan Van Phu, Deputy Director of Thanh Hoa Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Nguyen Duc Ha, chairman of Vinh Tien People Committee and Mr. Nguyen Canh Thinh, Rector of Nghe An Economic and Technology Vocational Training College No.1.

Equipment provided for Vinh Tien community centre was the basic equipment to support local communities in tourism professional training such as: tables, chairs, desktop computers, multi-functional printers, televisions, video players, speakers - amplifiers, projectors and other essential equipment.

With regards to Nghe An Economic and Technology Vocational Training College No.1, the ESRT Programme provided basic equipment to support tourism training and occupational practice at the school with four main occupations: Front Office and Tour Guiding, Housekeeping and Food and Beverage Service. As a result, this College has a modern infrastructure with three practical training rooms for teaching and learning. In addition, the ESRT Programme will continue to support the college in reforming methods and content of tourism vocational training to address the needs of the tourism industry in the future.

At the handover ceremonies, provisional and final acceptance certificates were signed. Mr. Nguyen Duc Ha and Mr. Nguyen Canh Thinh expressed profound thanks to the ESRT Programme and committed to using the new equipment efficiently to improve the tourism training quality and contribute to sustainable and responsible tourism development.