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The central city of Da Nang will host 143,000 tourists, including 82,000 foreigners, visiting during the Christmas and New Year vacation from December 24 through January 2.

Ho Chi Minh City will see a sharp increase in MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions) tourists in 2018, according to the local Department of Tourism.

A range of activities has been carried out by Vietnam tourism sector and other related authorities to realize the single ASEAN visa policy.

The Vimo Technology Joint Stock Company (Vimo.vn) and Southern Airport Services Joint Stock Company (SASCO) signed a co-operation agreement on launching electronic payment services for Asian tourists when traveling into Vietnam.

Some cumbersome regulations for visa exemptions are believed to be hindering efforts to attract more foreign tourists to Vietnam.

The number of Vietnamese travelers to Japan has soared strongly, with an estimated 300,000 arrivals in all of 2017, up to a staggering 30% year-on-year.

The Vietnam Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnamese Embassy in South Korea held a tourism-culture festival, aiming to promote cooperation between the two countries in this sector.

As many as 96,478 foreigners requested and received e-visas in the past nine months, including 93,266 that accessed the application system by themselves and 3,212 that completed the procedures through domestic agencies and organisations.

According to report from Hanoi People Committee office, Chairman of Hanoi People Committee Nguyen Duc Chung conclusion to unanimous with France experts on tourism signboard system design on Hanoi Connect Project.

China and South Korea remained the two largest source markets for Vietnam’s tourism with 348,000 and 224,000 visitors this month, taking their total to over 5.72 million in January-November, half of all international arrivals in Vietnam.

The demand for travel is popular with many people including the disabled. Nonetheless, tourism service for them still remains undeveloped in Vietnam.

Director General of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Van Tuan said, on 11 months Vietnam tourism a year-on-year rise of 27.8 percent, and will catch up Indonesia tourism in 2017.

The Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) agreed to promote smart tourism in the country.

Vietnam has so far this year enticed roughly 33.1 billion U.S. dollars in foreign investment, gaining a year-on-year rise of 82.8 percent, the country`s Foreign Investment Agency said on Monday.

The Vietnamese government has approved a target program on developing tourism infrastructure till 2020, with investment of over 30,664 billion Vietnamese dong (1.3 billion U.S. dollars).

Visitors to central Quang Binh Province will get a chance to visit three caves that were recently discovered in the territory of local Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park.

On November 22, a tourism portal dedicated to people with disabilities (PWDs) was launched by the Hanoi Disabled People Association.

Hanoi plans to officially launch a double-decker bus tour in the capital city from June 2018.

On November 22, China Southern Airlines has officially launched a direct flight connecting Beihai and Zhengzhou cities in China and the central city of Da Nang.

In a bid to boost poor levels of ticket sales for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the South Korean Government has announced that it will allow visa-free travel to tourists from Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines.