It received over 23 million visitors, including 2.1 million foreign arrivals, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Foreign tourists drink beer on Bui Vien pedestrian street in downtown HCMC, August 2022.

The number of foreign tourists was only around 30% of pre-pandemic levels, and it hopes to get 3.5 million for the full year.

Hanoi was second with 13.87 million tourists, including 766,000 foreigners.

The north-central province Thanh Hoa welcomed 10.38 million visitors, followed by the northern province of Quang Ninh (9.17 million) and the Mekong Delta's An Giang Province (6.7 million).

The rest of the top 10 were Kien Giang, Nghe An, Hai Phong City, Binh Thuan, and Lao Cai.

So far this year Vietnam has received only 1.87 million foreign visitors or 30 percent of its full-year target.

But the number of domestic tourists was 86.8 million, far above the 60-million target.

Two resorts in central Vietnam among world’s 50 best: Conde Nast Traveler

Two resorts in Nha Trang and Da Nang along the central coast have been voted among world’s 50 best by readers of American magazine Condé Nast Traveler.

HCMC eyes opening $1.2 mln-food hub to boost nighttime tourism

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are considering a proposal to launch a food hub in Phu Nhuan District that is estimated to cost VND31 billion ($1.2 million) to diversify nightlife experiences.

Luxury cruise brings around 100 visitors to Ho Chi Minh City

After nearly three years of hiatus due to the pandemic, Ho Chi Minh City officially welcomed its first international tourist group on the luxury cruise ship Le Laperouse of Ponant (France) on the morning of October 2.

An Giang’s beauty during the floating season

As the most populous province in the Southwest region and more than 200km south of Ho Chi Minh City, An Giang has the typical cultural feature of a city in the Mekong Delta region, with a floating market, boat racing festival, brilliant Khmer pagodas and blooming water lily flowers.

Vietnam rakes in 16.05 billion USD from tourism in nine months

Vietnam earned some 394.2 trillion VND (16.05 billion USD) from tourism in the first nine months of this year, equivalent to 78% of the figure recorded in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic broke out.

Source: VnExpress