Hanoi plans to have 11.8 million to 12 million Vietnamese visitors and 1.8 million to 2 million foreign ones in 2015.

To achieve the target, Mai Tien Dung, Deputy Director of the Municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that the city must make full use of natural resources, cultural and historical relics and diversify tourism products. It should combine tourism development with natural resource and environment protection, improve the quality of services, and develop human resources.

Dung added that the city should also increase investment in infrastructure, strengthen promotion activities, improve environmental sanitation and transport systems and complete a master plan for tourism development by 2020 with a vision for 2025 and detail plans for specific destinations.