Foreign tourists visit the central city of Hue (Photo: vietnamtourism)

(VOVworld) - As many as 834,000 foreign tourists arrived in Vietnam in February, up 3.5% from January and up 20% from the same period last year. According to the General Statistics Office, an increase was reported for all major countries, including China, South Korea, Italy, and Thailand. There were 14.2 million domestic travellers in the first 2 months of 2016. The tourism sector earned 3.7 billion USD, a 19% increase.