Tourism

The northern province of Vinh Phuc is looking to capitalize on the potential of the local Tam Dao district, a popular resort destination, in the hope of turning it into a driving force for the local economy.

On October 31st, the Da Nang Department of Tourism and Vietjet Air welcomed the first direct flight between Tokyo’s central airport of Haneda and Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang.

Flight Network, one of the Canada’s leading online travel companies, has named Hanoi among the world’s 50 most beautiful cities.

(CPV) - Vietnam’s tourism industry welcomed the highest-ever international tourist arrivals of nearly 1.62 million in October, a year-on-year rise of 3.43%, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The first direct flight of Angkor Air has carried 120 passengers from Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh to Da Nang International Airport.

From October 28th, the Hanoi Department of Transport will adjust the double-decker bus tour (City tour) route to provide more services.

A ceremony for signing a memorandum of understanding and cooperative deal to launch Vietnam’s tourism promotion offices in the UK and Australia will take place under the framework of the 2019 Vietnam Tourism High-level Forum, said Tran Trong Kien, Chairman of the National Tourism Advisory Board (TAB).

Ho Chi Minh city has been ranked fourth among the world’s 50 best cities for street food-obsessed travelers in 2019, according to a survey by the CEOWORLD magazine.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines welcomed the 100th aircraft of its fleet at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on October 22nd.

A Saint Petersburg - Vietnam tourism forum, themed “Attracting Vietnamese tourists to Saint Petersburg”, was organized in the city in Russia on October 21st with the participation of leading travel agencies of the two countries.

The policy of piloting 63-seat double-decker buses to carry tourists in Ho Chi Minh city has received approval of the city People’s Committee.

The Hanoi Promotion Agency (HPA) will launch a tourism promotion programme in Japan and join the Tourism Expo Japan (JATA) 2019 in Osaka later this month, aiming to further exploit the nearly 127 million-strong market.

(CPV) - The Vietnam tourism industry has won recognition at the 26th World Travel Awards with four important prizes, including Asia’s Leading Destination, Asia’s Leading Culinary Destination, Asia’s Leading Cultural Destination and Asia's Leading Cultural City Destination for Hoi An.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) recently launched a photo contest called #VietnamNOW on Facebook to promote Vietnam’s tourism to the world.

Italy’s travel guide website Bigseventravel has selected the seven best places in Asia for solo travelers. Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, came fifth on the list.

(CPV) - Recently, two Vietnamese dishes Goi cuon (summer roll) and Pho (noodles served with beef, chicken) have been listed among the world’s 50 best dishes by CNN Travel.

The Mekong Delta strives to greet about 34 million tourist arrivals by 2020, including 3.5 million foreign tourists, and the figure is expected to hit 52 million in 2030, including 6.5 million foreigners.

From the start of the year, the central province of Khanh Hoa greeted more than 5.6 million tourist arrivals, an increase of more than 116% compared to the same period last year, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

Vietnam’s newest carrier Bamboo Airways has said it will launch a direct air route connecting capitals of Vietnam and the Czech Republic in the first quarter of 2020.

The northern province of Ha Nam welcomed over 2 million tourists in nine months of this year, including 77,000 foreigners, a significant increase from the previous years.

The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa served more than 5.6 million holiday-makers between January and September, reeling in 32 trillion VND (1.38 billion USD) in total.

From October 1st to the end of 2019, visitors to the Republic of Korea who are Vietnamese nationals or citizens of ASEAN countries will have their visa application fees waived. However, the policy is only applied to short-term visas (C-3).

(CPV) - As many as 30 tourist spots in Hanoi; including popular attractions: Ngoc Son Temple, Ba Kieu Temple, Vietnam National Museum of History, Vietnam Museum of Revolution, Quan Su Pagoda and Opera House; will ban smoking from October.

Advertising clips by the US Cable News Network (CNN) to promote Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi have attracted a lot of foreign viewers during their broadcasts from June 3rd to August 31st as part of the bilateral tourism deal.

Vietnam welcomed 12.9 million foreign visitors in the first nine months of 2019, a year-on-year rise of 10.8 percent, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The number of tourists to the capital Hanoi reached more than 21.5 million in the January-September period, a year-on-year rise of 9.5%, according to the city Department of Tourism.

The new-age carrier Vietjet on September 26th said has just added the world’s first 240-seat Airbus A321neo ACF (Airbus Cabin Flex) to its modern and young fleet.

The number of foreign tourists to Ho Chi Minh city reached more than 6.2 million from January to September 2019, a year-on-year rise of 14.3%, according to the city Department of Tourism.

The third Ban Gioc Waterfall Festival, co-organized by the Cao Bang provincial People’s Committee and Trung Khanh district, will take place on October 5th-6th.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) will open two new routes connecting Ho Chi Minh city with two famous islands, Bali (Indonesia) and Phuket (Thailand), from October 27th.