Vietnam welcomed about 3.96 million foreign visitors in the first eight months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 18.4 per cent, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT). In August alone, the number of foreign arrivals rose 14.5 per cent to 490,000. According to relevant agencies, growth was seen in all markets. [...]
Tourism revenues in Ho Chi Minh City in the first half of this year were about VND23 trillion (US$1.1 billion), a year-on-year increase of 24 percent, the city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said. The robust growth in revenue is largely attributed to higher service prices, as the increases of room occupancy and international [...]
More than 460,000 international visitors travelled to Viet Nam in April, a 6.3 per cent rise against the same month last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). This brought the total number of foreign arrivals during the first four months of the year to more than 1.9 million, a year-on-year increase of 10.5 [...]
Vietnam is estimated to have incurred a trade gap of $4.89 billion in the first four months of this year, up 6% on-year, driven by imports of machines and equipment, crude oil and fabric Vietnam is estimated to have incurred a trade gap of $4.89 billion in the first four months of this year, up [...]
Surging exports kept Vietnam’s trade deficit relatively steady at 12.4 billion dollars this year, the government said on Tuesday, but concerns over the country’s economic stability remain. Exports rose 25.5 percent year-on-year to 71.6 billion dollars while imports were up 20.1 percent to 84.0 billion dollars, the general Statistical Office (GSO) said in a preliminary [...]
More and more visitors from Thailand are traveling to Hue via the West-East Economic Corridor. The number of Thai visitors to Hue increased from 4.7 percent in 2005 to 24 percent in 2010, putting them at the top of the list of foreign arrivals in Hue. As many as 6,000 Thai visitors arrived in Hue [...]
Vietnam and Belarus will join hands closely to raise trade to $1 billion in 2011 as well enhance the efficiency of bilateral cooperation in various fields, said visiting Chairman of the Belarus Parliament’s House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko. Belarus is willing to provide Vietnam with potassium fertilizer, heavy-duty trucks and tractors and wants to import [...]
Hanoi’s total retail sales and services revenue is estimated to have increased 31.2% on year to VND733.725 trillion ($37.62 billion) in the first ten months of this year. In October alone, the figure has raised 3.2% on-month and 39.1% on-year to VND79.594 trillion, the Ha Noi Moi newspaper reported on Thursday. Retail sales revenues have [...]
Foreign visitors to Vietnam in September totalled over 383,000, up 26 percent compared to last September, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT). Visitors from Cambodia increased an amazing 92 percent. Those arriving by air numbered almost 303,500, 79 percent of the total and 36 percent more than last year. There have been [...]
Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue is facing a 28.8% loss in tourism revenues if the sea water level increases by one meter, warned the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. A series of beautiful beaches in the province is in high risk of disappearance in next tens of years, including Tu Hien Beach, Dong Duong [...]
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