Tourism

Total revenue of the Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City tourism industry in the first nine months of 2024 is estimated at 140,398 billion VND, up 11.9% year on year, reaching 73.9% of the 2024 plan.

The south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa set a target of welcoming nine million overnight visitors in 2024; including three million international visitors. However, it took only nine months for the provincial tourism industry to achieve the target.

(CPV) - Hanoi has many craft villages that have been formed, existed and developed for a long time, creating unique characteristics. Aiming to meet the requirements of economic development today, craft villages not only provide jobs for people but contribute to the development of local tourism and have their own appeal.

Japan is welcoming the increasing number of Vietnamese tourists while the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) in Vietnam is making efforts to promote tourism to Vietnamese travelers.

A delegation from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism met and worked with the Los Angeles city government (USA) on September 25 to connect cinema and tourism development.

The Huong Son landscape complex (Huong Pagoda) in Huong Son commune, My Duc district and the Hong Van commune tourist area in Thuong Tin district have been recognized as city-level tourist areas, according a recent decision of the Hanoi People’s Committee.

The Da Nang Department of Tourism, in conjunction with Vietnam Airlines, is arranging a booth at Tourism Expo Japan 2024, Japan’s premier tourism fair, scheduled from September 26 to 29, at Japan’s Tokyo Big Sight Exhibition Center.

The 2024 Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival was held on September 21 or the 19th of the lunar August instead of the 9th, as the host Do Son district is among the localities in Hai Phong city hardest hit by Typhoon Yagi.

The voting program for “Attractive tourist destinations in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City and 13 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta in 2024” is one of the key strategies to promote cooperation in developing tourism in the southern region.

The Visit Vietnam Year and Hue Festival 2025 will include 62 activities across four seasons.

(CPV) - The Vietnam Tourism - Cinema Promotion Program in the United States is organized to introduce and promote tourist destinations and the potential of filming locations, and attract Hollywood film studios to Vietnam to produce movies, along with highlighting it as a tourist destination.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will start a route between Hanoi and Milan, starting from July 2025, becoming the first of Vietnam to conduct direct flights to Italy.

The Hanoi Autumn Festival 2024, scheduled to take place from September 12 to September 15, will be postponed due to the complicated flood situation in Hanoi.

(CPV) - Hat Mon Temple, in Hat Mon Commune, Phuc Tho District has been recognized as a special national relic, according to Decision 4613/QD-UBND recently issued by the Hanoi People’s Committee.

A program to introduce and promote tourism in Melbourne, Australia was co-hosted by three Vietnamese central coastal localities of Quang Nam, Da Nang and Thua Thien-Hue, on September 11.

The Ha Long International Cruise Port in the northern province of Quang Ninh has just reopened to welcome international visitors after suspending operations due to the impact of super Typhoon Yagi.

Hanoi and many other excellent localities and organizations were honored with many titles at the 31st World Travel Awards ceremony for Asia and Oceania recently held in Manila, the Philippines.

Ninh Binh, a picturesque province in northern Vietnam, has recently become a key destination for Indian tourists, with new South Asian guests even including members of India's burgeoning billionaires club.

During the National Day holidays from August 31 to September 3, Vietnam’s tourism sector served about 3 million visitors, 20% higher than the figure in the same period last year, according to the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT).

Vietnam, along with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, are the most affordable destinations in Southeast Asia for Indian travellers, reported the Times of India.

The central coastal province of Ninh Thuan is taking measures to make the most of its cultural heritage advantage to attract more tourists.

A tourism promotion meeting between Vietnam’s Quang Binh province, Laos’ Khammouane province, and Thailand’s Nakhon Phanom province has been recently held in the central Lao locality.

The 2024 Sa Pa autumn festival opened in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on August 30 to mark the 79th anniversary of National Day (September 2).

(CPV) - Vietnam, with rich natural beauty, diverse culture and friendly people, has enormous tourism potential. To turn this potential into reality, the Southeast Asian country must have comprehensive and sustainable solutions.

(CPV) - On the afternoon of August 27, Hanoi welcomed the first Indian tourists in a group of more than 4,500 people to visit Vietnam, marking a new "bright spot" for Vietnam's tourism at the end of the year.

Bhutan's first private airline Bhutan Airlines is set to officially launch a direct air route between Ho Chi Minh City and Paro city of Bhutan from 2025.

(CPV) - Phu Quoc tourism is bustling again when welcoming many international flights. The number of international visitors to the pearl island on the occasion of National Day on September 2 is forecast to increase sharply.

The Management Board of Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi Old Quarter will organize many indoor and outdoor art performances at cultural locations in the old quarter to serve the entertainment needs of local people and tourists during the National Day holiday.

The central coastal province of Thua Thien – Hue will carry out numerous attractive sporting, entertainment and recreation activities to attract tourists on the occasion of the National Day holiday, from August 30 to September 3, said Director of the provincial Department of Tourism Nguyen Van Phuc.

Traveling to Thailand just once is not enough for most Vietnamese tourists. Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore and China are also destinations that Vietnamese tourists choose to return to many times.