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The capital city of Hanoi welcomed more than 54,000 international visitors during the four-day holidays from April 29 to May 2, a year-on-year increase of 33 percent.

More streets specifically for tourism will be designated in HCM City in the future, heard a programme named “Dialogue with the city’s authority” with a focus on boosting the local tourism industry.

The number of tourists to Da Nang is estimated to increase 30.1 percent to over 290,000 on holidays between April 30 and May 1 against the same period last year.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is striving to make tourism a spearhead sector for the local economy by 2020.

Indonesia recorded nearly 8.4 million visits by foreign tourists until September this year or an increase of 8.5 percent year-on-year.

The capital city of Hanoi plans to make tourism more sustainable and a key industry, hoping to welcome 30 million visitors per year, including 5.7 million foreigners, by 2020.

More than two million international visitors have entered Hanoi so far this year, a 34 percent surge year-on-year, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

A year-on-year surge of 20.1 percent was reported in the number of tourists from West European countries visiting Vietnam in the first five months of this year.

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.

Up to e ight million people flocked to northern Phu Tho province to celebrate t he annual Hung Kings Temple festival, said the organising board.

The number of Russian holidaymakers coming to Vietnam rose by 13.5 percent to 108,750 in the first quarter of 2016, according to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR).

Around 326,000 travellers visited the central coastal city of Da Nang in February, up 13.9 from the same period last year, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism.

About 92,000 holidaymakers visited central Thua Thien-Hue province during the 10-day Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday from February 5-14, up 16 percent from last Tet.

About 25,000 Chinese holidaymakers visited Mong Cai, a city on the Vietnam-China border, in northern Quang Ninh province on one-day tours during the Lunar New Year holiday from February 7-13.

The central coastal province of Quang Ngai has seen a surge in the number of tourists visiting the province since the beginning of this year.

Visitors to central Da Nang City grew 23.4 percent in the past 11 months, taking the total arrivals to approximately 4.35 million.

China’s Taiwan is piloting a preferential visa policy for high-end tour groups from Vietnam as well as those from the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and India, according to local press.

Vietnam welcomed over 626,300 foreign visitors in September, up 8.3 percent from the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.

The efforts of travel firms and HCM City’s authorities have helped the local tourism sector maintain its growth trend despite declines in the number of tourist arrivals to Vietnam this year.

The central province of Thua Thien - Hue is speeding up the completion of Chan May port’s Wharf No. 1 in a bid to welcome 60,000 tourists, said Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van