It attracted more than 4.7 million international visitors in the first half of this year, a 21 percent increase year-on-year. Vietnam earned VND338 trillion ($15.1 billion) last year as it attracted more than 7.9 million international visitors and 57 million domestic tourists. Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien said Vietnam hopes to attract 14-15 million international visitors a year by 2020 and create around 3.5 million jobs in the tourism sector. “Tourism companies should spend their own money for effective tourism promotion. Dung said the government exchequer should not be used to promote tourism.

Source: Thanhnien News July 18, 2016 03:33 UTC