To achieve the goal of welcoming 5 million foreign tourists this year as set out earlier, Vietnam's tourism industry needs to make greater efforts in promoting its image and building more tourism products, according to insiders.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has welcomed the highest number of tourists from 10 key markets, including the United States and those in the Asia-Pacific region, since it fully reopened to international tourism and lifted travel restrictions on March 15.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attracted only more than 413,000 foreign arrivals in the first half of this year, a figure which is much lower compared to competitors in Southeast Asia, and makes the set target of five million this year a challenging task.

VOV.VN - Saigontourist, a leading tour operator in Vietnam, received its first 30 international visitors travelling to Ho Chi Minh City by river on July 18 following two years of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Approximately 2.3 million tourists visited the central province of Quang Nam during the first six months of the year, a figure seven times higher compared to the same period from last year, according to Le Tri Thanh, chairman of the provincial People's Committee.

VOV.VN - Lifestyle media outlet Prestige Online of Hong Kong (China) has recommended four luxury hotels in Hanoi which are suitable for foreign tourists to enjoy a weekend trip to Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City is yet to tap the full potential of the night time economy despite evidence from other countries that it encourages higher spending by tourists, experts said.

VOV.VN - In comparison to other famous tourist sites in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, A Luoi district likened to Da Lat tourist resort represents an obscure name, but this cannot hide the attractiveness of the region, especially to foreign tourists.

Hanoi welcomed 700,000 domestic tourists and 31,448 foreigners who visited or participated in events of the recently concluded SEA Games 31, the municipal Department of Tourism announced on May 24.

VOV.VN -The Travel has introduced a list of the nine most amazing things to do in the Mekong Delta region, which is seemingly off-the-beaten-track to foreign tourists.