Tourism

The French Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh city has opened the French mansion at No.27, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai street, Ben Nghe precinct, District 1 to welcome visitors.

The Hoi An Memories show has officially welcomed its 1 millionth visitor, affirming its success and impact to a large number of domestic and foreign tourists.

The Vietnam national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on September 23rd said it has signed a comprehensive cooperative deal with Korean Air (the Republic of Korea) and China Airlines (Taiwan-China) to boost Vietnam’s tourism promotion and enhance intensive cooperation in various fields.

Da Nang will connect with more countries around the world as new flights are launched to more destinations from the central city.

As many as 32 cruises docked at the Ha Long International Cruise Port by the end of August 2019, bringing 42,000 foreign tourists to the heritage land of Ha Long in Quang Ninh province.

The Hanoi city People’s Committee has issued Decision 4851/QD-UBND recognizing the Duong Lam ancient village in Son Tay town as a tourism destination.

(CPV) - In the upcoming time, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will diversify promotion methods, in which it will focus on seeking suitable trademarks to cooperate with in promoting the image of Vietnam tourism to the world.

A Famtrip delegation of Spanish travel companies, chaired by the Thue Thien Hue Tourism Promotion Information Center in coordination with the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism’s Market Department, surveyed tourism in the locality on September 11th-12th.

The central province of Thua Thien Hue has recognized Phuoc Tich ancient village as a tourism destination in the locality, the second of its kind in Vietnam.

There will be an additional 668 broadcasts promoting Hanoi on the US Cable News Network (CNN) International from September to December 2019, said the city Department of Tourism.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) in association with related units is organizing a program to promote Vietnam tourism in Japan from September 6th to 15th.

Vietnam ranks 63rd among 140 countries and territories in the recently released Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) 2019, jumping four places compared to the latest 2017 ranking.

Indian low-cost airline IndiGo has opened its second direct air route linking the country to Vietnam.

Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air on September 5th inked a Memorandum of Understanding with Russia’s Vladivostok International Airport (VVO) to facilitate it to open direct flights between the two countries.

Vietnam Airlines has been continuously working to complete procedures to conduct direct flights to the US, according to the national flag carrier.

On the occasion of the 74th National Day (September 2nd), 50 years of implementing President Ho Chi Minh's testament and the 50th anniversary of his death, from August 31st to September 2nd, the management board of President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum welcomed 50,066 visitors, including 1,462 foreign visitors.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia held a workshop on September 3rd to promote Vietnam’s tourism, luring nearly 100 Indonesian businesses.

​Three leading travel agencies in Vietnam, which own a range of luxury hotels, look set to equitise by the end of next year.

The central province of Thua Thien – Hue welcomed nearly 3.4 million visitors in the first eight months of this year, over 1.43 million of them were foreigners, up 8.7 percent annually.

The ancient town of Hoi An in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam has topped the list of the 13 most beautiful towns throughout Asia compiled by CNN travel.

Indochina Unique Tourist (IUT) Company, in association with tourism and travel business partners, will organize a survey trip (Famtrip) for 24 international travel businesses to the central region of Vietnam from September 3rd to 6th.

(CPV) - The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam reached 11.3 million from January to August 2019, in which Asia sent the most foreigners to the country, said the General Statistics Office (GSO) on August 29th.

(CPV) - About 260 international travel businesses, many of them from Western Europe, Northeast Asian, Southeast Asia and North America, will visit Ho Chi Minh city to seek partners at the 15th International Travel Expo (ITE) held from September 5th to 7th.

The 19th Meeting of the East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum (EATOF) Standing Committee took place in the northern province of Quang Ninh on August 27th with the participation of representatives from 10 EATOF members.

The number of tourists to Hanoi reached an estimated 2.52 million in August 2019, a year-on-year rise of 10.7%, according to the Hanoi Department of Tourism.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism said that it had received notice about the number of aired films promoting Hanoi on CNN International from June to August 2019.

Cambodia Angkor Air will open its first direct flight route from the capital Phnom Penh to Da Nang at the end of October 2019 with four flights a week, according to the Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism has coordinated with the Vietnam national flag carrier (Vietnam Airlines) to organize a tourism promotion program for Australian businesses.

The Network of Indian MICE Agents (NIMA), Tourism and Travel Association of Andhra (TTAA) and Da Nang Tourism Association have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on tourism cooperation.

Australia has expanded the number of Work and Holiday Maker visa places available to Vietnamese people, upping the annual intake from 200 to 1,500 a year from September 2, according to the Department of Home Affairs’ media release on August 23rd.