The Hanoitimes – Vietnam ranks on top 15 the most Instagrammed cruise destinations around the world. Taking a cruise is an extravagant experience that most people want to make their friends jealous about, and the trip to Vietnam is no exception, according to a survey by SeaHub. Sunbeds on the open deck of a cruise ship in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. Seahub.com, a cruise deal site, studied more than 1.8 million posts tagged from ships and ports around the world to find out what destinations, activities and time of year are most popular for social-media savvy cruisers. Vietnam ranks on top 15 the most Instagrammed cruise destinations around the world. In addition, Vietnam ranks on one of the fastest growing tourism markets in the world. The latest figures from the General Statistics Office show that an estimated 12.9 million international visitors arrived in Vietnam during 2017, up 29.1% against 2016. December saw Vietnam welcome 1.28 million international tourists, up 8.9% against November and 42.2% year-on-year. December saw the highest number of international visitors during the year. Those from Asia grew 34.4% in total, with tourists from China rising 48.6%, South Korea 56.4%, Japan 7.6%, Taiwan 21.5%, Malaysia 17.9%, Thailand 13%, and Singapore 8%. The number of European tourists reached 1.9 million, up 16.6%, with those from Russia rising 32.3%. Visitors from five Western European markets exempted from visas for 15 days increased significantly: the UK by 11.3%, France 6%, Germany 13.6%, the Netherlands 11.7%, Spain 20%, and Italy 13.2%. In… [Read full story]
(Cinet)- Vietnamese tourism came second in the "Go Asia Award - Most popular destination in Asia" at Germany 's 2013 International Tourism Exchange (ITB) Berlin. The award reflects the outcome of an annual online poll conducted by Go Asia ( www.goasia.de ). Thailand came top of the poll, with Singapore in third position. Go Asia, founded in 2003, is a network that specialises in marketing Asia as a destination for travellers. With more than 3,000 small- and medium-sized German enterprises in tourism, the network aims to promote Asia in German-speaking regions through joint marketing activities. The prize will help Vietnam…... [read more]
(VEN) - According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)'s APEC CEO Survey, announced at the 2012 APEC Summit on September 7-8, 2012 in Vladivostok, Russia. Vietnam ranks ninth among investment destinations in the region, and eleventh in the community of developed economies. The poll questioned 376 chief executive officers (CEOs) and industry leaders from 40 economies, including 21 APEC member economies. The CEOs said that economic disruption, including the economic recession in the US, the Eurozone crisis, and slow growth in China, had caused risks to business growth in the Asia-Pacific region. However, about 36 percent of CEOs surveyed by PwC said…... [read more]
Vietnam has been ranked 11th out of 133 economies in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2009 Index on the amount of money the government spends on technology. Vietnam’s expenditure on technology is even higher than that of China, the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom. The Southeast Asian nation also came 44th for creativity, 48th for foreign direct investment and technology transfer, 51st for the technological abilities of enterprises and 62nd for the ratio of personal computers per 100 residents. However, Vietnam dropped five places to the 75th position in the Competitiveness Index, said the WEF. This year’s World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting…... [read more]
(Cinet)- Welcoming approximately 6 million foreign visitors every year, Vietnam ranks 41st on the list 165 of the most popular countries in the world to visit, It stands just behind Japan (6.2 million) and ahead of Australia (5.9 million); Argentina (5.7 million); and Brazil (5.4 million). This is statistics of movehub–a website frequented by people who want to move abroad. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}…... [read more]
After the Miss World pageant, Globabeauties announced its yearly Grand Slam ranking based on largest beauty contests in 2008. Vietnam is graded at 48th, with 63 points, seven grades higher than 2007. In the Grand Slam Ranking released in July, thanks to Miss Universe Vietnam Thuy Lam's presence in the top 15 of Miss Universe 2008, Vietnam ranked 46th. Though the last position of Vietnam in the Grand Slam ranking is 48th, it is still good news because last year Vietnam stood at the 55th. Venezuela still maintains its top position this year, with 644.5 points, as its beauty queen,…... [read more]
