The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has become one of the most popular tourism destinations among Japanese visitors, according to the Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO).
Viet Nam aims to attract 1 million tourists from Japan by 2019, officials said at a tourism cooperation forum held in Yokohama city on October 28.
More than 200 representatives from travel agents and hotels in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue are taking a training course on Nov. 5 and 6 on how to improve service quality for Japanese tourists.
The central city of Da Nang on July 16 welcomed the first flight of a new direct air service from Tokyo (Japan) which is hoped to bring more Japanese tourists to the central region.
Viet Nam recorded 170,772 Japanese arrivals, ranking third in international travel volume, in the first quarter of 2014, according to the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
In addition to its popular tourism markets which include China, the Republic of Korea and Russia, central Da Nang city will focus on attracting more Japanese tourists in 2014 , according to the online Danang Today.