In the first 9 months of 2019, Vietnam welcomed 12.9 million foreign visitors, marking a year-on-year increase of 10.8 percent, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

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In particular, the number of foreign holidaymakers to Vietnam was estimated at 1.56 million in September alone.

According to GSO, the number of foreign arrivals from Asian nations experienced the highest growth of 12.5 percent, followed by tourists from Africa, America and Europe with the increase of 10.8 percent, 6.8 percent and 5.3 percent, respectively.

At the moment, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism have signed a cooperation agreement on applying advanced technologies and e-commerce to support the development of the country's tourism sector.

The cooperation between the two agencies is expected to improve the competitiveness of domestic e-commerce trading platforms, helping to better ensure the interests of visitors when they use tourism services provided on online platforms.

Vietnam’s tourism sector aims to attract 17.5 – 18 million foreign tourists in 2019 and serve 85 million domestic visitors, raking in total revenue of 700 trillion VND (30.17 billion USD).

( VNF )