Of the total, 1.5 million arrived in the country for holiday, 407,000 for business purposes (down 5.4 percent), and 401,000 for visiting relatives (down 9.1 percent) and 120,000 for other purposes.
Vietnam’s major tourism markets saw impressive growth, including Russia (up 51 percent), Thailand (32.5 percent), Indonesia (26.4 percent), New Zealand (up 20.9 percent) and Malaysia (7.1 percent)./.
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