According to the HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, there are 818 operational travel firms put under the department’s management which can meet the requirements.

VietNamNet Bridge – Travel firms tend to make heavier investment in necessary facilities to step up the tour sale via Internet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has unveiled a plan to promote the tourism industry overseas with a target to welcome 8 million foreign visitors this year.

 The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will seek the Government’s approval for a scheme to create funds for tourism promotion by charging hotels US$1 for one-night stay of each international visitor.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The information desks at the main tourist sites in Hanoi will receive complaints and feedback of visitors.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam National Tourism Administration missed the opportunity to advertise Vietnamese tourism to the world when "The Running Man" Vu Xuan Tien went the UK last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi will launch a special promotion month in November, with the aim of stimulating consumer demand and attracting both local and international tourists

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of international tourist arrivals in Vietnam this month rises by a staggering 29.9% year-on-year with over 567,000 travelers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Tourism Association (VTA) is calling for members and sponsors to jointly carry out a project to open a representative office for the local tourism industry in Japan.

VietNamNet Bridge – Due to the fact that tour operators in HCMC have found it difficult to fuel up buying power while local hotels have seen few customers,

Travel firms prove to be very professional in soothing travelers with sweet words. That explains why many people fell into the firms’ traps, and they only realized that they were swindled after experiencing terrible trips.

After having meals, a lot of travelers felt exceedingly astonished when receiving the bills. They were stung for millions of dong for the dishes worth several hundreds of thousands of dong.

A lot of swindle cases in which foreign travelers were the victims were discovered in Hanoi and some tourist sites just within a short time.

"I myself was repeatedly cheated by taxi drivers. I was overcharged three times higher than the normal price," said the Deputy Director General of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge – The chief of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism on April 25 met with Mrs. Ilona Schultz, an Australian visitor who had to pay VND1.3 million ($75) for a 5km trip on a cyclo.

Surveys have found out that 70-80 percent of foreigners traveled to Vietnam after they heard about the trips to Vietnam from relatives or friends.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has attributed the stagnation of the tourism industry to the lack of money to run tourism promotion campaigns.

The stall of Vietnam at an international tourism fair in Germany mistakenly promoted the image of Leshan Giant Buddha of China – the world highest stone statue.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) Deputy General Director Nguyen Manh Cuong has announced the launch of the agency’s 2013 stimulus programme,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam aims to strengthen the brand of its tourism sector in order to attract more foreign tourists.