On 27.12.2012, the Ministry of Science and Technology has decided No. 3570/QD-BKHCN on published national standards for national standard “tourist accommodation establishments and related services – terms and definitions ”

According to Le Mai Khanh, Director of Hospitality, Tourism-MOCST, currently there are about 13,500 tourist accommodation establishments, with 285,000 rooms, in which: Grade 5 stars with 55 tourist accommodation establishments calendar with 13 767 rooms, 4 star with 17,550 suites; 3 star chamber is 21,888, the rest are 1-star and 2-star standard and class.

Based on the level of growth in recent years and the sector development strategy, projected to 2015, the number of base 5 stars 70 with 22,000 suites; 4 star chamber is 180 facilities with 40,000; 3 stars 500 establishments with 40,000 rooms,; 2 stars 2,500 establishments with 92,000 chambers.

The data shows the standard application deployment ranked tourist accommodation establishments in the future is great, and the research, amended and improved, additional ranking criteria is indispensable requirement to fit the actual situation.

Deputy Phi Son-Director of the Institute of Quality Standard of Vietnam said, in our country the organization draft TCVN at the construction of specialized management ministries under the direction and control of construction operations VNS. For the tourism sector, a specific area in which the business activities and services associated with the level of development of the culture very specific cuaViet South, so without QCVN for management. However the VNS in the tourism sector has been building MOCST is the technical basis for management agencies, organizations and individuals related to tourism activities the implementation of the Tourism Law of 2005.

In the field of training standards for guides, the tour guide, said Do Dinh Cuong, Deputy Chairman of the Hanoi Tourism Association said that in recent years the training of human resources for tourism has revealed many shortcomings. Quality students, not high school students, lack of practice and practice skills should not meet the requirements for tourism businesses. On the other hand, from different occupations should approach the institution gave the curriculum content, standards and different skills lead to ground level students, students leaving school from different sources of training is not uniform.