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welcomed over 3.8 million foreign arrivals in the January-July period, up 10.8 percent over the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.
In July alone, about 466,000 foreign arrivals flocked to the country, up 11.6 percent over the previous month, but down 7.9 percent over the same period last year.
This month, 380,000 foreign arrivals arrived in Vietnam by air while 7,000 came via sea routes and 79,000 by land.
Vietnam’s major tourism markets includes China, with over 773,000 arrivals in seven months, followed by the Republic of Korea with more than 421,000 and Japan with nearly 330,000.
The tourism sector is making every effort to fulfill the target of attracting 6.5 million foreign arrivals, serving 32 million trippers and earning VND150 trillion in 2012.
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