On December 25, speaking with Tri Thuc - Znews, Mr. Le Anh Kiet, Head of the Department of Culture and Information of Da Lat City, said that after receiving information from the video, he notified the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lam Dong. "The Inspectorate of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lam Dong has coordinated with relevant agencies to investigate and clarify the incident. The content of the explanation has not yet been clearly verified. But leading a group on Vietnamese territory without a Vietnamese tour guide is a violation of regulations," said Mr. Kiet.
Accordingly, the video recorded the scene of a Korean tour guide taking Korean tourists to visit cultural and historical sites in Da Lat. At these locations, the tour guide explained to the group of tourists himself and there was no Vietnamese tour guide present.
Bao Dai Palace. Photo: Old Stories.
The information explained by this tour guide is completely incorrect about Vietnamese cultural history. Specifically, the translated content in the video clip showing the Korean tour guide explaining about King Bao Dai at Palace 3 (Bao Dai Palace) is as follows:
"The king lived in Europe, his mother was Hoang Thi Cuc. Bao Dai's father gave birth to 100 children, all male, 50 followed their mother to the mountains, 50 followed their father to the sea. This person expanded a lot of land for Vietnam. King Bao Dai was 176 cm tall, built 3 houses to rest in Da Lat".
In the video, the content of King Bao Dai's father giving birth to 100 sons, all male, is very unreasonable, but no tourist reacted, on the contrary, it received curiosity and interest. After the information from the above video, in the tourism community, tour guides and even tourists, there were many negative reactions.
