A stable and safe socio-political environment, increasingly open visa policies, more professional tourism promotion activities, a diverse range of products aligned with travel trends, and continuously improving service quality have created an important foundation for attracting international visitors to Viet Nam.

In practice, Indian visitors are exploring Viet Nam in increasingly diverse and in-depth ways. Beyond traditional destinations, this visitor segment is expanding its itineraries to new localities with strong potential across the country.

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.