Foreign arrivals to Vietnam up 20%

This is good news for the tourism sector, as the first months of the year saw significant growth. Although the number of foreign arrivals to Vietnam slightly dipped 0.6% in March to 820,480, the rate grew 28.3% in February. The GSO reported that domestic tourists reached 18.7 million in the first quarter of this year and the tourism sector earned 4.9 billion USD in revenue, up 21.2% over the same period last year.