Foreign arrivals to Vietnam in the first eight months of the year hit 2.5 million, a year-on-year increase of 10.5 percent, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
The Vietnam Railway Department (VRD) is working on a US$200-million plan to build a time-saving railway tunnel through the Hai Van Pass in central Vietnam, Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper reported Saturday.