Hanoi, April 5 -- Of the figure, 82.3 percent arrived by air, 15.5 percent by land, and 2.2 percent by sea.

In March alone, the country welcomed nearly 2.1 million international visitors, up 1.3 percent year-on-year.

During January-March, with more than 1.4 million arrivals, China was Viet Nam's largest source of international visitors, followed by South Korea with nearly 1.33 million, Russia with over 367,000, Cambodia with 330,000, Taiwan with more than 316,000, the U.S. with over 302,000, and India with nearly 243,000.

However, inbound tourism growth slowed down from Chinese and South Korean markets while surging in several Southeast Asian countries, such as the Philippines (up 69.3 percent), Cambodia (41 percent), Singapore (30 perce...