Organizing national and international cultural and artistic tourism events
According to the telegram, in the first 3 months of 2025, the number of international visitors to Vietnam reached over 6 million, the highest ever, an increase of 29.6% compared to the first quarter of 2024, contributing to affirming the position and attractiveness of Vietnam tourism.
In 2025, to accelerate tourism development, successfully achieve the goal of welcoming 22-23 million international visitors, serving 130 million domestic visitors, and total tourism revenue growing by 12-13% compared to 2024, the Prime Minister requested: The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to promote tourism promotion, proactively implement a tourism development stimulus program in 2025 and the following years. Combining the use of State resources and effectively mobilizing the participation of the whole society in tourism promotion activities.
Preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries, branches and localities to improve the effectiveness of linking the development and implementation of tourism stimulus programs associated with specific product, service and business packages, ensuring increased attraction of international and domestic tourists; to be completed in May 2025.
Developing types and services that are of interest such as: Health tourism, agricultural tourism, eco-tourism, resorts, honeymoons, golf tourism, ... Strengthening mobilization and hosting international events to promote event tourism, seminars (MICE). Organize unique national and international cultural and artistic tourism events associated with the entertainment industry to create an "escaping" to attract a large number of domestic and foreign tourists.
List prices and sell at the right price
The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs according to the functions, tasks and authority assigned to assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to study, propose specific applications of convenient and flexible visa policies for tourists such as visa exemption (including policy of short -term visa exemption), improving visa approval procedures for tourists in Vietnam with tourism tourists in Vietnam chemical at the invitation of the Minister, heads of ministerial -level agencies and government -attached agencies; Report to the Prime Minister in April 2025.
Specifically propose visa incentives for specific subjects such as: Researchers, artists, world-famous athletes, experts, scientists, investors, billionaires entering Vietnam for tourism purposes, implementing tasks and projects on international integration, research cooperation, investment in science and technology development, innovation according to Resolution 57-NQ/TW.
Research and propose open and favorable policies to promote tourism development in border areas; report to the Prime Minister in April 2025.
Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities are fully responsible for strengthening comprehensive State management of tourism, managing tourist destinations in the area; promoting the dissemination of civilized tourism behavior in tourist areas and destinations, ensuring security, order, environmental sanitation, food safety, listing prices and selling at the right prices, preventing traps and scams on tourists.
Establish and announce a multi-linguan hotline to receive and process visitors' feedback, promptly check, detect, prevent and strictly handle violations of the law in the tourism sector. The stalls must make electronic payments generated from cash registers, if they do not do so, their licenses will be revoked or business will be banned.
