January foreign tourist arrivals up 9 pct. month-on-month

January foreign tourist arrivals up 9 pct. month-on-month

Vietnam welcomed 17,736 foreign visitors in January, a month-on-month increase of 9 percent but down 99.1 percent year-on-year, the General Statistics Office announced on January 29.
HCM City begins travel stimulus programme

HCM City begins travel stimulus programme

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism on June 9 kicked off its annual tourism stimulus programme that will run throughout the year as part of its attempt to revive the hard-hit tourism industry.
Vietnam experiences a travel bloom: Thai media

Vietnam experiences a travel bloom: Thai media

Vietnam’s non-smoke sector is enjoying a boom, with a substantial increase in the number of Thai visitors buoyed by growing low-cost flights, local media reported.