tourism sector

Ho Chi Minh City welcomed nearly one million turns of local and international visitors bringing a total revenue of around VND2,890 billion (US$121 million) during the National Day holiday.

In a bid to revive the struggling tourism sector, Vietnam is set to unveil a series of new visa and immigration policies at the upcoming National Assembly meeting.

According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), the country’s tourism industry served around three million domestic visitors during the three-day 2023 New Year holiday from December 31, 2022, to January 2, 2023.

Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city of Vietnam, earned over VND5.9 trillion (US$251 million) from tourism services during the New Year holiday from December 31 to January 2.

The Vietnamese tourism industry is on the road to recovery back to pre-pandemic levels, with favourable conditions for tourists in terms of destination access, simplified immigration procedures, and extended visa duration.

The collaboration with technology platforms and tourism business sectors will bolster efforts to quickly adapt and take advantage of digital transformation effectively.

According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), the tourism sector served more than 2.5 million visitors during the recent four-day-long holiday, down 16.7 percent compared to the same period last year.

The southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City led the country in tourism revenue in the first half of 2023. The result showed the city's countless efforts in promoting the tourism sector and tourism development.

The new visa policy is expected to offer a good chance for the tourism sector of the south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan in particular and Vietnam in general, to attract more international tourists.

Thanks to the introduction of several expressways lately, the local economies, especially the tourism sector, of many Southern provinces are welcoming promising boosts.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has participated in the Hong Kong International Travel Expo (ITE-2023) in Hong Kong (China) from June 15-18.

A conference on finding new ways for the tourism sector’s development in Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province and the Southeastern region was held in Vung Tau City yesterday.

Vietnam has won a number of prestigious awards in the tourism sector this year.

Thanks to efforts for resuming tourism activities in the first months of this year, the tourism sector of provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta region has seen many positive changes.

A project on reducing plastic waste in the Vietnamese tourism sector was launched on February 16 with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued Decision No. 440/QD-BVHTTDL on Vietnam Tourism Marketing Strategy to 2030.

The Government Office has recently released Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s conclusions at a conference promoting foreign tourist arrivals in Vietnam.

Vietnam saw 3.66 million foreign tourist arrivals last year, and those from the Republic of Korea (RoK) accounted for the largest proportion with over 965,000, or 26.4 percent.

Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the State Steering Committee on Tourism Vu Duc Dam yesterday chaired a meeting on implementing the solution acceleration of tourism recovery, assessment on implementation and proposal of removing difficulties on assigned duties on Resolution No.08-NQ/TW of the Politburo on tourism development into a spearhead economic sector.