Vietnam's tourism industry could achieve its goal of welcoming 12-13 million visitors by the end of this year, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) Pham Van Thuy told a regular press conference of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Hanoi on October 9.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has welcomed 8.9 million foreign arrivals over the past nine months, beating the tourism industry’s set target of receiving 8 million, reported the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT).

VOV.VN - Vietnam has greeted a total of 8.9 million foreign arrivals over the past nine months, surpassing the previous annual target of eight million.

VOV.VN - Vietnam received approximately 7.8 million foreign arrivals in the first eight months of this year, meeting 97.5% of the target set for the whole year, according to the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT).

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese economy witnessed plenty of positive signs in the first seven months of the year as the country lured US$16.24 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI), up 4.5% year on year, whilst it recorded a trade surplus of about US$15.23 billion, marking an increase of 1.34% over the same period last year.

VOV.VN - The number of foreign tourists visiting Laos reached over 1.6 million during the first half of this year, exceeding its annual target of 1.4 million, with Thailand continuing to top the list of tourist arrivals, followed by Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The search volume for Vietnamese tourism via Google's market trend tracking tool has grown 10%-25% from the beginning of this year, climbing to 6th from 11th in the global rankings, according to the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT)’s latest report.

VOV.VN - According to data released on June 29 by the General Statistics Office (GSO), the Vietnamese economy is continuing to encounter difficulties as it only expanded by an estimated 3.72% during the first six months of the year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam welcomed more than 5.5 million foreign arrivals in the first six months of the year, meeting 69% of the target (8 million) set for this year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi welcomed 1.71 million foreign arrivals during the first five months of the year, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.