Chinese visitor numbers see slight H1 fall

Authorities in the central beach town of Nha Trang Monday fined a local restaurant VND750,000 ($33) for failing to fully list prices.

Trade tensions with the U.S. and a slowing economy are keeping Chinese tourists to budget-friendly destinations closer to home for the Lunar New Year holiday.

A Da Nang court Friday sentenced a Chinese man to nine-months’ imprisonment for stealing high-end cosmetic products.

Two shops in the border town of Mong Cai that catered to "Chinese customers only" have been busted for selling smuggled goods.

Chinese visitors splurged $130 a day on average in Vietnam last year, up from $119 in 2014.

A Chinese tourist drowned Sunday after venturing too far into My Khe Beach in the central city of Da Nang.

The Vietnamese government wants to stop tourists from using Chinese electronic wallets, saying it results in tax evasion.

Vietnamese tax and provincial authorities are concerned that Chinese digital wallet services are bypassing them, easily and illegally.

Vietnam is in the process of making tourism an economy spearhead, and its dependence on two Asian markets is worrying experts.

The company has paid its fines and plans to shut down because of the long suspension period of nine months.

The boat was carrying 105 passengers, mostly Chinese tourists, when it sank.

It's illegal for anyone to demonstrate the line in Vietnam but the country does not have a specific rule on the matter.

They were asked to take them off and give them to local police.