Although facing many difficulties and challenges in the first 7 months of 2014, Vietnam tourism took advantage of favorable conditions to sustain growth and improve the quality of tourism services.

Number of international visitors to Vietnam in July 2014 is estimated at 564736 tourists, although reduced compared with the same period in 2013, but rose by 4.6% compared to the previous month. Then after two consecutive months of falling international visitors to Vietnam (decreased 19.94% in June in comparison with May, the number decreased 9.62% in May compared to April 2014), foreign visitors to Vietnam has increased again. the growth rate of tourism industry fluctuated each month but the first 7 months of the year still maintained growth momentum. The total number of international travellers to Vietnam in the first 7 months of 2014 was estimated at 4.852.621 arrivals, increasing 15.6% compared to the same period last year. Total revenue from tourists reached 142.400 billion Vietnam Dong (70 million US dollars), up 21.2% compared to the same period in 2013, the domestic tourist arrivals in the first seven months of 2014 reached 27.2 million, up 6.7% compared to 2013.

To improve the quality of tourism services and meet the increasing demand, the infrastructure conditions and technical facilities of the tourism sector has been constantly investing and expanding. To date, Vietnam has more than 15.900 accommodation establishments with more than 331.500 rooms, of which the high end segment tends to rise; more than 1,300 international travel agencies, more than ten thousand local tour operators; and over 14,500 tourist guides, including more than 8000 in-bound tour guides, over 6400 local guides and thousands of presenters at the Vietnam tourist destinations. The continuous growth of travel businesses, travel guides and the increasing professionalism of the tourism industry workforce have proved the size and capacity of service providers of Vietnam travel. At the same time, the development of human resources also attracts special focus. The training course for tourism workforce, skills training for tourism to be held regularly and contribute to improving the professionalism of the tourism industry.