Tourism

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has adjusted the flight capacity at Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport, raising it to 48 flights per hour during the day and 46 per hour at night, in a bid to meet peak travel demand during the upcoming 2025 Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) – Vietnam’s largest traditional festival.

Hue and Hanoi are two Vietnamese destinations making it into the list of the 50 must-visit food cities in the world in 2024 - 2025 by food magazine TasteAtlas.

The Vietnam Railways Corporation has officially launched its high-quality "La Reine" (Queen) tourist train at Da Lat Station in the Central Highlands of Lam Dong, serving passengers on the Da Lat - Trai Mat route.

Sa Pa, a renowned resort town in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, has prepared a range of unique events aimed at welcoming approximately 200,000 visitors eager to explore its stunning natural beauty and distinctive cultural experiences.

With inbound accommodation searches up 30% compared to last year, Vietnam is set to sparkle as a favourite for international revelers looking to welcome New Year 2025, according to Agoda.

The Mekong Delta, one of Vietnam's key tourism regions, has worked hard in developing new products and promoting its offerings this year, achieving impressive results in visitor numbers and revenue from tourism and related services.

The southern island city of Phu Quoc, a major tourist destination in Vietnam, on December 20 welcomed the first flights from Singapore of Scoot airline and a China Eastern Airlines flight from China’s Xi'an.

The People’s Committee of Hoi An City, the central province of Quang Nam, has just approved the outline of the task of building a green tour route at Thanh Ha Pottery Village (Thanh Ha Ward, Hoi An City).

The People’s Committee of District 10 in Ho Chi Minh City, in coordination with the Chim Canh Cut Travel Service Joint Stock Company, has launched an inter-district tourist tour named "Biet dong Sai Gon - Nhung can ham huyen thoai" (Saigon Special Forces - Legendary Tunnels).

The southern city attracted more than 45 million domestic and foreign tourists in 2024, earning a total revenue of 190 trillion VND.

The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City People’s Committee has just issued a Plan to organize cultural and artistic activities to welcome the New Year 2025.

A program to honor craft Villages and regional specialties in 2024 was held at Le Loi Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City, on December 12.

The northern province of Quang Ninh attracted 19 million tourists in 2024, a year-on-year rise of 20% and fully meeting the year’s target.

An international competition for talented pastry chefs (Vietnam Bakery Cup 2024) opens in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City, on December 11.

About 750,000 Chinese tourists will visit the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa among the total number of 4.5 million international tourists to the locality in 2024.

The Quang Nam Provincial People’s Committee has recognized the assessment results and grants green tourism certificates according to the Quang Nam Green Tourism Criteria to seven enterprises and units.

Aiming to promote tourism, the People’s Committee of Hoi An city in the central coastal province of Quang Nam has just approved the outline for building a green tour route at Tra Que Vegetable Village, the best tourist village in the world in 2024.

(CPV) - The Prime Minister has issued Directive 44/CT-TTg on December 9, 2024 on implementing a number of key tasks and solutions to promote the implementation of the National Strategy on Green Growth for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050.

Passengers will be offered free tea and music performance when they buy train tickets for the Da Lat - Trai Mat route from December 10 to January 1, 2025.

The three newly received aircraft will provide more than 100,000 seats for the peak Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday of 2025.

A famtrip delegation of 60 leading tourism businesses and a number of media units has come and surveyed destinations and tourism products in the central coastal province of Quang Binh.

The United Nations Tourism Organization (UN Tourism) awarded the Best Tourist Village of 2024 to Tra Que Vegetable Village at the first UN Tourism Conference on Tourism for Rural Development in the central province of Quang Nam, held on December 10.

Vietnam greeted about 1.7 million international tourist arrivals in November 2024, turning November into the most successful month for tourism this year, according to the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism.

Tourist arrivals to Hanoi reached 2.18 million in November 2024, a year-on-year rise of 16%, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

During their stay in the central coastal province of Quang Nam, the fam (familiarization) delegation visited and surveyed two world cultural heritages: Hoi An Ancient Town and My Son Sanctuary, as well as tours to the countryside and craft villages; surveyed accommodation facilities and golf courses.

(CPV) - Hanoi greeted about 25.3 million tourists to Hanoi in the first eleven months this year; of which, international visitors are estimated at 5.67 million, domestic tourists are over 19.6 million. The results continue to affirm that Hanoi tourism is flourishing thanks to typical tourism products, bearing the unique identity of the capital.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has just issued a Decision recognizing the title of “Traditional Craft, Traditional Craft Village” of Hanoi.

Nearly 80% of foreign arrivals in Vietnam so far this year hailed from Asia, with a significant 60% coming from the Republic of Korea (RoK), China, Taiwan (China), and Japan, reported the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism on December 6.

The northern province of Quang Ninh is estimated to attract 19 million visitors in 2024, marking a 20% increase from the previous year and fully meeting its target.

The tourism sector of the central city of Da Nang has intensified its promotion and marketing efforts to attract more tourists from key target markets including China, Japan, India, Malaysia, and Indonesia, according to Director of the municipal Department of Tourism Truong Thi Hong Hanh.