(SGI) - Vietnam's tourism industry has experienced some positive developments this year, including an extended visa policy and surpassing its international visitor target for the third quarter. However, the country still faces major challenges and bottlenecks that hinder its tourism sector from being competitive in the region.
The legal inclusion of tourism projects in the list of land that can be repossessed by the state and assigned to investors for socioeconomic development was among the key issues experts discussed at a seminar organised by VIR last week in Hanoi.
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About two-thirds of the 4,000 tourists from over 60 countries and territories on the Spectrum of the Seas cruise ship joined a short excursion to explore Vietnam after it docked at Phu My port in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province last week.
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