Foreign tourism in Vietnam a shadow of pre-COVID boom

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Ha Long Bay, a popular tourist destination in northern Vietnam, is only drawing around half as many foreign visitors as before the pandemic, local industry officials say. (Photo by Tomoya Onishi)

TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writer

HANOI -- Tourism in Vietnam is struggling to recover from the COVID-19 slowdown, although the country has already lifted pandemic-related travel restrictions.

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