Tourism to ride on back of global recovery

This year more than 5 million foreign tourists and 28 million local travellers are expected in Viet Nam, according to the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hoang Tuan Anh.
The Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism reported that the total number of foreign tourists in October soared 99.3 per cent against a year ago to over 440,000, raising the total to nearly 4.2 million visitors in the year's first 10 months, up 39 per cent year-on-year.
Many of Viet Nam's key travel markets have expanded quickly, such as Cambodia with 97.2 per cent, China 90.3 per cent, Thailand 41.1 per cent, Korea 36.2 per cent, Japan 22.2 per cent, France 15.4 per cent and the US 7 per cent.