Localities and travel firms have quickly embarked on plans to welcome back Chinese tourists to Vietnam and take Vietnamese visitors to China, after the Chinese side announced that it will officially cancel concentrated quarantine and COVID-19 testing for foreign visitors to this country from January 8.

Localities nationwide welcomed first New Year visitors on January 1.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has set a target of receiving eight million foreign visitors in 2023, and this target will only be achieved by refining visa policies, improving the quality of tourism products, and increasing the readiness to welcome visitors.

VOV.VN - The central province of Thua Thien Hue is striving to welcome approximately 2.5 million visitors in 2023, earning tourism revenue of VND4.5 trillion in the process, according to details given by the provincial Department of Tourism.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) plans to set a target of welcoming eight million foreign visitors and 102 million domestic tourists next year, earning an estimated revenue of VND650,000 billion in the process.

VOV.VN - Prestigious international travel magazine Far & Wide has placed Vietnam in fifth position on its list of the 10 friendliest nation in the world.

VOV.VN - The country welcomed 2.95 million foreign visitors during the past 11 months of the year, a figure 21.1 times higher compared to the same period from last year, but still down 81.9% compared with pre-pandemic levels in 2019.

VOV.VN - Four ships operated by Silversea Cruises are scheduled to carry thousands of international tourists around Asia, including Vietnam, this December.

Ho Chi Minh City welcomed 546,000 international visitors in October this year, lifting the total number of foreign arrivals to the city in the last 10 months to 2.65 million, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

VOV.VN - About 20 passengers, including 15 foreigners, have been hospitalized for injury treatment after their bus overturned in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh.