The figure brought the totalnumber of foreign arrivals to the country to more than 2.4 million inthe first four months, the Office said.
Of the total, 1.5million arrived in the country for holiday, down 3.8 percent; 407,000for business purposes, down 5.4 percent, and 401,000 for visitingrelatives, down 9.1 percent and 120,000 for other purposes.
Vietnam’s major tourism markets saw impressive growth, includingRussia , up 51 percent, Thailand, 32.5 percent, Indonesia, 26.4percent, New Zealand, up 20.9 percent and Malaysia, 7.1 percent.
Of the total foreign travellers to Vietnam, 545,500 visitors came fromChina, 280,000 from the Republic of Korea, 205,000 from Japan, 165,000from the US and 119,000 from Russia.-VNA