Vietnam: Tourism industry targets Russia.

Section: Business News - Despite Russia not yet being included in the list of Vietnam's top 10 tourism markets, visitors from the East European country still create a promising market for Vietnam's tourism industry, says deputy head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Manh Cuong.

With long stays and greater spending capacity than tourists from other countries, Russian visitors offered a huge potential market for the sector, he said, adding that it aimed to attract 350,000 Russian visitors by 2020, a three to four-fold increase on the current figure.

The industry would continue promoting the country as a tourist destination to Russian people, as …