foreign visitors

Expert opinions on prospects of luring more foreign visitors to Vietnam

March 23, 2023 | 10:31

Industry professionals advise on the fact that Vietnam has not made significant progress in luring foreign visitors, despite offering a great deal of potential.

Hanoi offers Thang Long Citadel night tour for foreign visitors

January 05, 2023 | 16:16

Foreign tourists now can enjoy a 120-minute night tour at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi, which promises enticing cultural, culinary and architectural experiences.

Vietnam welcomes 1.87 million foreign visitors in nine months

October 09, 2022 | 22:45

Vietnam welcomed about 1.87 million international arrivals in the first nine months of this year, 16.4 times higher than the same period last year but much lower than that in the same time in 2019 before COVID-19 broke out, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam welcomes over 954,000 foreign tourists this year

July 31, 2022 | 14:01

Vietnam has welcomed 954,600 foreign visitors so far this year, 10 times higher than the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

HCM City is most favoured destination for local travel: Survey

July 31, 2022 | 13:58

Domestic tourism continues to lead the way, with Ho Chi Minh City remaining the top destination for local travel in 2022, according to a study, ‘Summer Travel Trends’, released by online digital travel platform Agoda.

Vietnam’s goal of welcoming five million foreign visitors: expectations versus reality

June 07, 2022 | 18:16

The tourism industry is dealing with enormous challenges that need to be resolved to achieve the goal of welcoming five million international visitors.

International visit targets “ambitious but reachable”

March 25, 2022 | 14:33

General director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Trung Khanh explained to VIR’s Hoang Oanh why he believes the tourism sector’s target of welcoming five million foreign visitors this year is reachable in the context that the country is applying suitable measures to accelerate post-pandemic recovery.

Singapore issues e-pass to foreign visitors

March 14, 2022 | 10:29

Singapore has stopped stamping on passports on foreign visitors and, in replace, issued electronic visit passes (e-Passes) for them via email, according to the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA).

Ensuring efficiency for travel in a brand new era of tourism

February 17, 2022 | 16:17

Vietnamese tourism saw a record-breaking year in 2019, with over 85 million domestic tourists and 18 million foreign visitors. The following year started with a continuation of the growth trend, with a record 1.99 million foreign visitors – and then COVID-19 quickly hit the country and the rest of the world.