Tourism

Developing tourism and services in protective and special-use forests in parallel with conservation will become a key part of the national economy in the future, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism has announced it will coordinate with the Department of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam Airlines Corporation, and Noi Bai International Airport to welcome the first international tourist to the capital in 2020.

In 2019, Vietnamese airlines carried nearly 55 million passengers, an increase of more than 11% from the previous year, according to a representative of Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam.

At a Resolution of the regular Government meeting in November 2019, the Government agreed to extend visa exemption for citizens of 8 countries: Russia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Belarus, for stays in Vietnam until December 31st, 2022.

The Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee plans to set off fireworks on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2020 after receiving approval from the Government.

A seminar to connect and cooperate to develop tourism has been held by the Ca Mau People’s Committee with the participation of leaders of Mekong Delta localities, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and representatives from Embassies and Tourism Associations of Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.

The Nguyen Hue Flower Street for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday will open at 19h00 from January 22nd to 28th, 2020 (from the 28th day of lunar December to 4th day of lunar January).

The National Tourism Year 2020 will be launched in the northern province of Ninh Binh on February 20th, 2020, heard a press conference in Hanoi on December 10th.

(CPV) - The new-age carrier Vietjet Air will open four international routes: Da Lat/Can Tho - Seoul (the Republic of Korea), Can Tho - Taipei (China) and Hanoi - Bali (Indonesia), to meet the rising travel demand in the year-end festive season.

Hoi An city in the central coastal province of Quang Nam will greet the first international tourist delegation of 2020 on January 1st, at the Tra Que vegetable village.

Experts proposed many measures to help Vietnam tourism continue to attract and keep visitors coming back to the country at the Vietnam Travel & Tourism Summit 2019 held in Hanoi on December 9th.

Oxalis Adventure Tours Company will continue to operate the tourism product “Conquering Son Doong cave” until the end of 2030.

The Northern Vietnam Helicopter Company has launched its Red River scenic tour service (Song Hong HeliTour) at the Gia Lam Helicopter Station.

(CPV) - The new-age carrier Vietjet will add nearly 1,200 flights to meet the increasing reunion and tourism demands of customers on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2020.

Hanoi and beach town Nha Trang have been listed among the best 10 cities to go for honeymoon in Asia by The Travel, a leading travel site of Canada.

(CPV) – The new-age carrier Vietjet Air will launch a new air route connecting Ho Chi Minh city and Thailand’s famous coastal destination Pattaya through U-Tapao International Airport.

Vietnam saw the highest number of foreign tourists in November 2019 with more than 1.8 million, according to General Statistics Office (GSO).

The 2019 Sun Flower Festival will be held from December 27th to 29th, 2019, according to Nghe An provincial People’s Committee.

The Putaleng XC Open, the first international cross country paragliding competition in Vietnam, will be organized in Tam Duong district, the Northwestern province of Lai Chau, from November 28th to December 1st, 2019.

Italian cruise ship AIDAbella has carried 2,060 travelers from all over the world, with the majority being German, to Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.

Tourists to Hoi An ancient town and Thanh Ha pottery village on December 4th will be offered free entrance.

(CPV) - The new-age carrier Vietjet has been awarded the title of “Asia Pacific Low Cost Airline of the Year 2019” by Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA).

Hoi An city in the central province of Quang Nam, a World Cultural Heritage site, has exerted efforts to reduce the use of single-use plastic products and encourage locals to sort waste to protect the environment.

Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will open a new air route connecting Hanoi and Macau (China) on December 15th, 2019.

Vietnam national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and budget carrier Jetstar Pacific will supply nearly 230,000 extra seats from January 9th to February 8th, 2020 to serve increasing travel demands during peak season of Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

A tourism promotion event was held in Hanoi on November 12th with the participation of 30 travel agencies from ten European countries.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism is coordinating with Vietnam Airlines to receive nearly 40 representatives of European travel agencies conducting fact-finding tours to Hanoi, Ninh Binh and Quang Ninh from November 9th to 14th.

Vietnam Airlines announced on November 6th that it will open two new routes connecting Ho Chi Minh city and Hanoi with China’s Shenzhen on November 27th and 28th, respectively to meet increasing travel demand.

(CPV) - Readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine have voted for the 20 best countries in the world, in which Vietnam made 10th position on the list.

The joint-venture between the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and Air France (AF) carried nearly 625,000 passengers during 2018 and nine months of 2019, which is expected to surpass 711,000 later this year.