The Visit Malaysia Year (VMY) 2014 promotional programmes in China will be resumed after they were postponed since March following the tragedy over the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370.

Tourism and Culture Minister Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz said the promotions would be carried out soon following positive reaction from the working visit by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to that country in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China.

"The prime minister's visit to China had to a certain extent pacified the situation and had given positive reaction, especially since we already have good relations with China, to the extent that they were willing to loan us two giant pandas.

"I was made to understand there was a memorandum of understanding signed between Malaysia and China in the tourism sector, although I was not present as I paid my last respects to the late Sultan Azlan Shah (who died on Thursday)," he said.

He said this at a media conference on the cooperation between Tourism Malaysia and Sango Taxi Association, Japan today.

- Bernama