Enhancing safety for Vietnamese people when traveling abroad

Information from the General Department of Tourism (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) on October 30 said that the General Department of Tourism has sent a dispatch to the Vietnam Tourism Association and international travel businesses requesting to strengthen security and safety for Vietnamese people when traveling abroad.

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In the dispatch, the General Department of Tourism stated that information in the media said that on October 25, a female Vietnamese tourist was physically assaulted in Malaysia.

This is a very unfortunate incident, causing concerns about psychological, property and physical safety when traveling abroad.

This requires attention to implementing measures to ensure security and safety for Vietnamese tourists when traveling abroad.

The General Department of Tourism has sent a diplomatic note to the Malaysian Ministry of Tourism and Culture requesting investigation and strict handling of the incident, ensuring the safety of Vietnamese tourists when traveling to Malaysia.

The General Department of Tourism recommends that the Vietnam Tourism Association and international travel agencies take measures to strengthen group management, ensure security and safety for tourists during their tours; provide information, recommendations and reminders for tourists to proactively ensure the safety of their property and body when participating in tours.

This contributes to ensuring the rights, safety and health of Vietnamese tourists when participating in tour programs organized by international travel companies abroad.

In recent years, Vietnam tourism has been continuously developing, attracting more and more domestic and international tourists. The number of Vietnamese tourists traveling abroad has also increased rapidly.

According to calculations based on reports from a number of foreign tourism promotion agencies - destinations favored by Vietnamese people, in 2012, it is estimated that Vietnamese people spent more than 3.5 billion USD traveling abroad; the total number of visitors is estimated at about 3.5 million.

Accordingly, each year there are about 1.1 million domestic tourists going to China, 1 million to Cambodia, 500,000 to Thailand, 300,000 to Singapore, 200,000 to Malaysia, 110,000 to South Korea, not to mention the number of visitors to further destinations such as Europe and the US. In 2013, the number of Vietnamese people traveling abroad increased by about 20% compared to 2012...

The increase in the number of international visitors to Vietnam as well as Vietnamese tourists traveling abroad requires the Vietnamese tourism industry to improve service quality and ensure security and safety for international visitors to Vietnam, domestic tourists and Vietnamese people traveling abroad.

According to Vietnam+