Tourism

The Ministry of Transport has proposed the Prime Minister allow the resumption of commercial flights between Vietnam and certain other countries in August.

Vietnam Airlines will launch two new domestic routes and re-open two others from July 22nd.

The Vietnamese government has decided to restore air transport activities between Vietnam and China, according to a conclusion recently released by the Government Office on July 13th.

Hoi An ancient city in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam continues impressing foreign tourists, as it won the first spot among Asia’s Top 15 travel cities and ranked third among the world’s Top 25 cities in 2020 on the Travel+Leisure list.

Quang Ninh has decided to cut accommodation fees by 50% for travelers staying on Ha Long Bay.

(CPV) - The Vietnam International Tourism Mart (VITM Hanoi 2020) will have 400 display booths, said the organizers of the event.

Localities in the central province of Binh Dinh signed a commitment to carry out activities of the program “Each local person is a Tourism Ambassador”.

The 16th Ho Chi Minh city Tourism Festival will take place from July 16th to 19th.

An express boat service connecting the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau with Nam Du archipelago and Phu Quoc island, two popular tourist destinations in the nearby province of Kien Giang, was launched on July 7th.

The Ho Chi Minh city tourism industry is boosting development of agricultural tourism and ecotourism products.

The US-based website Insider has listed Ha Long bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh among the 50 most beautiful natural wonders around the world.

Ho Chi Minh City is carry out a range of promotion programmes aiming to increase the number of tourists to the city which saw a 54.7-percent drop in the first half of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A programme to boost tourism in Ho Chi Minh city and the Mekong Delta kicked off in Can Tho city on July 3rd.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s T’way Air has announced it will re-open its route between HCM city and Incheon on July 22nd.

(CPV) - On July 1st, Bamboo Airways launched two new routes connecting Thanh Hoa with Quy Nhon and Phu Quoc at Tho Xuan Airport, in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

(CPV) - Vietjet has cooperated with Facebook to launch the tourism promotion program "Immense Vietnam - Fly green with Vietjet".

Visitors to the Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh will now have a chance to enjoy the stunning scenic views of the UNESCO-recognised site from above, thanks to a new helicopter tour officially launched on June 26th.

A seminar on tourism promotion in the post-COVID-19 period was co-organized by the Can Tho city Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Vietnam Airlines on June 22nd.

The Prime Minister has approved the piloting of open-top double-decker tour bus services in the two provinces of Binh Thuan and Ba Ria - Vung Tau.

The northern province of Quang Ninh has seen a boom in domestic tourist arrivals over the last month after the weeks-long social distancing order to curb the spread of COVID-19 was lifted, enabling the province to welcome back visitors.

The Vietnamese and Japanese Governments have agreed to gradually ease travel restrictions between the two countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced.

A series of Vietnamese destinations were continuously praised by international media in early 2020.

Sam Son street carnival, a part of the Sam Son Sea Festival 2020, is scheduled to take place on June 26th-27th in the north-central coastal province of Thanh Hoa.

The northern province of Ninh Binh will continue to be host of National Tourism Year 2021 after activities within the National Tourism Year 2020 program were cancelled due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines opened seven new routes on June 12th linking Vinh city in central Nghe An province and the northern port city of Hai Phong with domestic tourist destinations.

​Ha Giang, Quang Binh, Ninh Binh, Ha Long, and Quy Nhon of Vietnam have all been named among the global best backpacker destinations in 2020.

BBC World News will broadcast a 30-second video on tourism in the central city of Da Nang on its Asia-Pacific channel in June to hundreds of countries.

Visitors to Ho Chi Minh city will have a chance to enjoy a discount of 10-70% on 260 tours and 280,000 air tickets from now until the end of this year.

Additional three air routes from Vinh city to key tourism destinations in the country will be launched as part of efforts to promote post-COVID-19 domestic tourism recovery.

More than 20 travel agencies including hotels, resorts and tour operators have registered for the Can Tho’s tourism stimulus programme, according to the city's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.