The Vietnamese tourism sector served 13 million foreign visitors and more than 73,000 domestic travelers last year earning more than US$22 billion. The sector is planning drastic measures to increase its growth amidst the challenges of the 4th industrial revolution.

Close to 20 businesses from Vietnam and France gathered at a forum in Paris on February 26 to exchange know-how in organic agricultural production.

The Prime Minister’s Working Group will examine each ministry to look for barriers and licences that hinder businesses, aiming to finalise the elimination of a substantial amount of sub-licences and cumbersome administrative procedures by June 30.

Vietnam recorded an estimated trade surplus of US$1.08 billion in the first two months of 2018, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Over VND534 trillion has been pumped into the national economy thanks to the establishment of more than 18,000 enterprises and the capital expansion of nearly 6,000 others over the first two months of 2018.

Vietnamese export companies will have opportunities to set up distribution channels in the Middle East thanks to a market research programme launched by the Investment and Trade Promotion Centre in Ho Chi Minh City and the Vietnamese Embassy’s Commercial Affair Office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

A tea festival was held in Thai Nguyen City in the northern province of the same name on February 26 to promote special tea products made in Tan Cuong Commune.

Vietnam granted investment licences to 411 new projects of foreign investors as of February 20, with a total registered capital of US$1.39 billion which is equivalent to 68.6% of the figure for the same period last year.

More than 2.86 million foreigners was estimated to visit Vietnam in January and February, up 29.7 percent from the same period in 2017.

Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is known as the “city of flowers” as the meadows and fields in the land bloom all year round. Visiting Da Lat in spring, people are offered the opportunity to wander across a stunning landscape of colourful flower meadows.