Saigontourist has predicted an upward trend for meetings, incentive holidays, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) tourism after Vietnam has its membership to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) approved.

The leading national travel company said it has received reservations for MICE services from 6,420 customers in November and December. Of them 1,500 are foreigners while domestic MICE customers make up two-thirds of in-bound contracts and 520 others have booked out-bound MICE services.

The Saigontourist company boasted a total of 36,664 MICE customers in the first ten months of the year, attributing the boom to the surge to Vietnam's successful WTO negotiations.