International visitors to Vietnam in January estimated 370,000 arrivals, 11.9% lower than those in the same period of year 2008.

The number of foreign visitors to Viet Nam in the first seven months of this year reached 2.17 million, a fall of 18.7 percent year on year, according to data from the National Administration of Tourism.

International visitors to Vietnam in December estimated 375,995 arrivals. Totally, international visitors in 12 months of year 2008 reached 4,253,740 arrivals, 0.6% higher than those in year 2007.