In October 2025 alone, international visitors reached 1.73 million, up 13.8% over the previous month and up 22.1% over the same period in 2024.
In the first 10 months of 2025, the total number of international visitors reached nearly 17.2 million, an increase of 21.5% over the same period last year, according to the Statistics Office (Ministry of Finance).
In the structure of vehicles, passengers traveling by air still dominate with 14.6 million trips, equivalent to 84.9% and an increase of 21.8%. Road passengers reached 2.4 million (13.9%), an increase of 21.4%, while sea passengers reached 205,100 (1.2%), an increase of 8.5%.
Tourism service business continues to flourish. Revenue from accommodation and catering services in the first 10 months of 2025 is estimated at 695.1 trillion VND, up 14.6%.
Some localities with high growth rates include Ho Chi Minh City (+18.1%), Da Nang (+16.1%), Can Tho (+12.8%), Hanoi (+12.2%) and Hai Phong (+11.8%).
Tourism revenue reached 77.4 trillion VND, up 19.8%, thanks to many stimulus programs and product diversification in localities. Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Vinh Long and Hue are the leading localities in terms of travel revenue growth.
International markets continue to maintain a strong recovery momentum. China and South Korea are still the two largest markets sending visitors with 4.3 million and 3.6 million, respectively. Followed by Taiwan (China) with 1 million visitors, the US with 685,000 visitors and Japan with 679,000 visitors.
In the top 10, there are also India, Cambodia, Russia, Malaysia and Australia.
In terms of growth momentum, the number of international visitors in the first 10 months increased by 21.5%. Many markets recorded outstanding increases such as China (+43.7%), Japan (+16%), Cambodia (+50.3%), the Philippines (+89.1%), India (+45.7%), Australia (+13.1%) and especially Russia with an increase of 182.2%.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism stated that with the advantage of the peak season, open visa policies and tourism promotion programs implemented synchronously at home and abroad, the tourism industry expects the number of international visitors to continue to increase strongly in the last months of the year, contributing to the completion of the growth target in 2025.
