The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long has mobilised resources to promote tourism development, with the aim of turning tourism into a spearhead economic sector by 2030.
The northeastern province of Tuyen Quang boast great potential for tourism development, particularly historical and cultural tourism exploiting the many historical and revolutionary relics in the province.
Hanoi has set itself a target to greet 35-39 million tourists by 2025, including 8-9 million foreigners, earning about 151 trillion VND (6.53 billion USD), under the city’s recently-launched tourism development strategy with a view to 2030.
The wood processing industry is to become a spearhead economic sector by 2025, posting export turnover of about 20 billion USD to contribute to socio-economic development and stabilise the livelihoods of people living in forested areas.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested the northeastern province of Quang Ninh devise a strategy to develop tourism as its spearhead economic sector, especially in the remaining months of this year and during the new tenure of the provincial Party Organisation.
More tourists have come to the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh, a wonderland of diverse destinations that deliver big on excellent architecture, history and beauty.
Together with hi-tech industry and sea-based economy, the central city of Da Nang has worked to make tourism one of its spearhead economic sectors, as set by a Politburo resolution.
Authorities of the northern border province of Lang Son take promotion as an important work to develop the local tourism and have paid great attention to the populariation of its images to the people both inside and outside the country, according to insiders.
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong has asked authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang to fully tap its potential and strengths, especially in agriculture and tourism, in order to well perform tasks and orientations set for the locality in 2019.
The comprehensive development of transport infrastructure and improvement in tourism products are among the keys to turning tourism into a spearhead economic sector in the south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan, experts said.
Vietnam’s tangible and intangible cultural heritages are a key part of the country’s tourism, so the preservation of the heritages is crucial for sustainable tourism development.
2017 is considered a successful year for the tourism sector, with 13 million international tourists arriving in Vietnam, up by three million against the previous year.
The northern port city of Hai Phong is striving to make tourism a spearhead economic sector and turn itself into one of the nation’s key tourism destinations.
The Government has just launched an action programme to implement a Politburo resolution on developing the tourism industry into a spearhead economic sector.
The central province of Thua Thien – Hue plans to develop tourism into a spearhead economic sector, towards becoming a leading destination in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
The Politburo has issued a resolution on developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector by 2020, contributing 10 percent to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), up from the current 6.8 percent.