Nguyen Van Tuan, General Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) said that the numbers of visitors from all foreign markets have increased over the same period last year, 74.2 percent of them from Cambodia 53.5 percent from China and 18.7 percent from Malaysia. 

During the remaining months of the year, VNAT will coordinate with agencies and localities to host professional events in the country and promote tourism linked with culture through the Vietnamese Cultural Days in Japan and Russia, or through international television channels, tourism fairs and road shows in major cities of Russia and China. 

VNAT will also hold the International Travel Expo in Ho Chi Minh City, themed “Four Countries, One Destination” from September 14-17, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. 

As a model that manifests linkages among the Great-Mekong sub-region countries through introducing the latest tourist and service products to the world, the event aims to popularise Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam as a prime destination, and promote cooperation to exploit the potential and strengths of tourist products in each country. 

Vietnam has also been added to the list of countries where the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) will implement a project to provide training in professional tourism skills for the private sector.