After attending the tourism fair Leisure 2012 in Russia, local travel firms have been invited by the Viet Nam National Administration for Tourism to join a promotion trip to Russia for the Moscow International Travel&Tourism Exhibition in early 2013.

Apart from activities at the coming expo, VNAT is preparing several events for the Russian market next year. Along with Japan and South Korea, Russia is one of the major markets for Viet Nam's tourism industry.-VNS