Lao Cai Province’s tourism industry grew impressively in the first six months of 2025, attracting more than 8.7 million visitors, reaching more than 22 trillion VND in revenue. From July 1, after the merger, new Lao Cai Province is expected to continue to become the tourism centre of the Northwest region, aiming to welcome 16.5 million visitors by 2030.

The 2022 Vietnam International Travel Mart, themed “Sea, island and coastal tourism”, officially opened in the central city of Da Nang on December 9.

After over two years of interruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism industries in many Asian countries have gradually flourished again. A series of tourism stimulus programmes have been actively restarted by the countries, to revive the smokeless industry.