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Tourist attractions across Vietnam have lured large numbers of holiday-markers during the week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) festival from January 20-26.

From her love for brocade colours in her homeland, Sung Thi Lan founded Muong Hoa cooperative, where she entrusts her dream of popularising the nation's cultural value and helping local people escape from poverty.

The Indonesian tourism sector has suffered losses of at least 1.5 billion USD since January amid growing fears over the COVID-19, said Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Hariyadi B. Sukamdani.

Exploring Hang En (literally Swift cave) - the world’s 3rd largest cave in the central province of Quang Binh, visitors will have a trip back in time to the prehistoric period.

The publicity campaign on Hanoi conducted by the US Cable News Network (CNN) under an MoU with the city has helped attract international holiday-makers to the Vietnamese capital, according to Hanoi’s Department of Tourism.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho welcomed over 7 million tourists in the first three quarter of 2019, a year-on-year increase of 4.2 percent.

Australia has expanded the number of Work and Holiday Maker visa places available to Vietnamese people, upping the annual intake from 200 to 1,500 a year from September 2, according to the Department of Home Affairs’ media release on August 23.

The number of Vietnamese tourist arrivals to Japan rose 21.8 percent in July to 40,800, the Japan National Tourism Oranisation (JNTO) said on August 21.

Experts said Vietnam holds huge potential for developing the resort market thanks to high economic growth and growing travel demand.

Tour agents and airlines have reported rising demand during Reunification Day and May Day holidays.

Tourism is set to become the country’s key economic sector.

Foreign visitors to Vietnam numbered over 4.7 million in the first six months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 21.3 percent.

early 70,000 holiday-makers flocked to the central city of Da Nang during the Hung Kings commemoration holiday from April 16-18, marking a 20 percent growth year-on-year.