Strategies proposed to accelerate Vietnam’s push for 25 million int’l visitors
Travel 12:29 07/09/2025Travel businesses have put forward a series of initiatives as part of Vietnam’s determined effort to achieve its ambitious goal of 25 million international visitors, with just under four months left in 2025.
Residents in Vietnam’s Hue City search through night for foreign tourists’ sentimental ring
Vietnam News 14:17 01/08/2025Residents in Hue City, central Vietnam had a sleepless night helping a foreign couple search for a lost gemstone ring valued at about VND60 million (US$2,291), which went missing while they were walking in a local park on Wednesday.
Taxi driver admits fleecing foreign tourists in Hanoi
Vietnam News 13:21 04/07/2025A taxi driver in Hanoi has admitted to charging a group of Filipino tourists VND1.5 million (US$58) for a two-kilometer ride near the iconic Hoan Kiem Lake, prompting public outrage and police action.
Hanoi authorities investigate report of foreign tourists charged $58 for 2km taxi ride
Vietnam News 16:44 01/07/2025Police in Hoan Kiem Ward, Hanoi are verifying a report that a group of Filipino tourists were charged VND1.5 million (US$58) for a short taxi ride of just about two kilometers on Monday evening.
LDP group to seek end to tax exemption for foreign visitors
World 16:01 30/05/2025TOKYO -- A group of lawmakers from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday broadly approved a proposal to review the consumption tax exemption for foreign visitors to the country, including the option of abolishing it.
Foreign visitors laud Mekong Delta tourism experience in Vietnam
Travel 09:16 24/04/2024International tourist arrivals to the Mekong Delta reached a modest 2.1 million in 2023
Stringent regulations set for foreign motor vehicles in Vietnam
Vietnam News 19:04 19/03/2024The regulations will take effect from May 1
Hanoi police investigate viral video of street vendor allegedly overcharging foreign tourists
Vietnam News 11:24 16/03/2024A street vendor allegedly attempted to overcharge a pair of foreign tourists VND200,000 (US$8.5) for a small bag of fruit
Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island to welcome 250 South Koreans in November
Vietnam Life 16:24 13/11/2021The South Korean visitors will stay in Phu Quoc for three days
Vietnam considers reopening Phu Quoc Island to foreign tourists: vice-minister
Economy 16:39 05/06/2020The move is intended to get the country’s struggling tourism back on track
358 foreigners stranded in Vietnam want to go home: VNAT
Vietnam News 11:21 18/04/2020They come from 43 different countries
Stranded foreign tourists enjoy unexpected stopover in Hoi An
Travel 16:22 30/03/2020Many tourists saw this as an opportunity to discover Hoi An in all its intimacy and austerity by immersing themselves into the local lifestyle
