A blast hit a bus carrying tourists near the Egyptian pyramids in Giza on Friday, killing at least three and injuring several.

The three dead were Vietnamese holidaymakers would had been visiting the pyramids near the capital Cairo and an Egyptian tour guide, according to the country's interior ministry. Ten others were injured.

A picture of the aftermath of the attack showed a burned white coach with its windows blown out.

An interior ministry statement said there were 14 tourists from Vietnam on the bus when the homemade roadside bomb exploded at 6.15 pm local time, and that the bus driver, who is Egyptian, was also wounded in the explosion.

No one immediately claimed responsibility.

Egypt has battled Islamic militants for years in the Sinai Peninsula in an insurgency that has occasionally spilled over to the mainland, hitting minority Christians and tourists. However, this is the first attack to target foreign tourists in almost two years.

Egypt's tourist industry has been reeling in recent years from a serious of terror attacks as well as the Islamic State's downing of a Russian passenger plane, killing more than 200 holidaymakers returning from Red Sea resorts in Sharm el-Sheikh.

Egypt has attempted in recent to lure tourists back to the country, with some success.