Director of the blockbuster film Kong: Skull Island Jordan Vogt-Roberts said he is honoured to be Vietnam’s tourism ambassador and will try his best to help promote Vietnamese tourism.
The director made the statement at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 13 when Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien officially appointed him as the tourism ambassador of Vietnam for the 2017-2020 period.
Director of the blockbuster film Kong: Skull Island Jordan Vogt-Roberts
He said that he had received great support from authorities and people from Quang Binh, Ninh Binh and Quang Ninh where the film was shot last year.
Jordan Vogt-Roberts, 33, is an emerging director in the US and Kong: Skull Island is his third film.
The blockbuster set a new record in box office revenues in Vietnam after snagging VND18.2 billion (USD798,200) from the opening day on March 10 and early screenings on the evening of March 9.