Tourism

(CPV) - The Singapore-based Business Insider news website has named Ha Long Bay among the 35 most beautiful natural wonders on Earth.

The New York Times has included Da Nang on its list of 52 places to go in 2019, describing the city as the Miami of Vietnam with a strong foodie scene and a five-mile-long beach strip.

(CPV) - The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and Vietjet Air on March 28th signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the cooperation during the 2019-2021 period.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) always considers Vietnam a potential tourism market and expects to greet about 3,000 travelers from the market in 2019, a ten-fold increase from 2018, said Mr. Ham Jin, General Director of the Korea International Travel Company, in a press conference on March 28th.

(CPV) - The International Travel Expo Ho Chi Minh city (ITE HCMC) 2019 targets attracting more than 350 exhibitors, a 40% rise from 2018, with a display area increasing 55%, said the city Department of Tourism in a press conference on March 28th, in Hanoi.

A delegation of the Tourism Ministry of Cambodia has worked with the Phu Quoc district People’s Committee in Kien Giang province in order to connect a sea tourism route.

Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi has kept a position on the list of the global 100 best airports by the UK-based airline and airport review and rating organisation Skytrax.

The European Union’s technical assistance project, started from February 2019, will help Vietnam strengthen competiveness of its destinations and gain a better position in the changing international tourism market, according to the Vietnam Tourism Advisory Board (TAB).

Over 4.5 million foreigners are estimated to visit Vietnam in the first three months of this year, a rise of 7 percent year on year, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) said on March 29th.

The ninth Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa Sea Festival, slated for May 10th-13th in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, is the highlight of the Visit Vietnam Year 2019, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa Nguyen Dac Tai said at a press conference in Hanoi on March 29th.

The Government leader has permitted the Hai Phong People’s Committee to organize a low-range fireworks display at 22h00 of March 31st, in celebration of the opening of the Cat Ba Festival, reported the Hai Phong information portal.

Since the end of 2018, the central coastal city of Da Nang has had 23 direct international air routes, including 15 direct annual flights and 8 chartered flights with 328 flights a week.

The number of tourists to the central province of Thua Thien - Hue reached an estimated 1.25 million in the first three months of 2019, a 13.8% rise year on year; in which foreign tourists numbered more than 640,000, a 20.26% increase, reported the provincial Department of Tourism.

(CPV) - As many as 269 leading tourism businesses and individuals of Vietnam were honored for their outstanding performances in a ceremony held on March 28th, in Hanoi, under the framework of Vietnam International Travel Mart 2019.

The Embassy of Cuba in Hanoi coordinated with Russia’s Airlines and Hanoitourist to organize the Cuba Tourism Festival on March 26th in order to help local people and tourists understand more about the landscape and people of Cuba.

(CPV) - The Ministry of Tourism of Republic of Indonesia along with 16 tourism businesses (sellers) from tourism destinations in the country, namely Bali, Yogyakarta, Batam, and West Java, conduct a Sales Mission of 10 Indonesian Branding Destinations in two big cities in Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City on March 22nd 2019 and Hanoi on March 25th, 2019.

The number of tourists to Hanoi reached more than 2.6 million in March, a year-on-year rise of 12%, bringing the total figure for the first three months of the year to nearly 7.5 million, a year-on-year rise of 10.6%, reported the Hanoi Department of Tourism.

The Embassy of Belgium in Vietnam held a ceremony to open a centre for receiving visa applications to European countries, including Belgium, Germany and Italy, in the central city of Da Nang on March 22nd.

Vietnam has seven tourist attractions named among 25 natural wonders in Southeast Asia voted by Fodor’s Travel - a trusted resource offering expert travel advice for every stage of a traveler’s trip for nearly eight decades.

(CPV) - The Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2019, themed “Stories by the Rivers”, will take place every Sunday from June 1st to July 6th, said the organizers in a recent press conference.

Coordination regulation in state management on security and order, and environmental sanitation, has been signed between the Da Nang Department of Tourism’s Son Tra Peninsula Management Board and People’s Committees of Son Tra, Ngu Hanh Son, Thanh Khe and Lien Chieu districts.

A caravan parade for sustainable development of Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam will be held from April 1st to 7th, through provinces along the southern tourism corridor of the three countries.

About 26 flights from major cities of Japan are scheduled to fly to Da Nang from April 27th to May 2nd, carrying more than 7,000 passengers, reported Saigon Times Online.

The Vietnam’s tourism industry strives to greet 30 million foreign visitors by 2025, said Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association Vu The Binh on the sidelines of Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2019.

A series of activities, including a photography exhibition, a performance of traditional musical instruments, an ao dai (traditional long dress) fashion show, and culinary introduction events, impressed visitors at a program to promote Vietnam’s tourism in Paris, France, on March 12th.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) on March 13th decided to nullify the granted licences and not to grant new ones for flights using the Boeing 737 Max to enter Vietnam’s airspace.

An Indian billionaire couple has had a four-day luxurious wedding on Phu Quoc island, inviting about 700 guests.

(CPV) - The Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2019, themed “Green Tourism”, will take place on March 27th-30th in Hanoi with the participation of travel businesses and managers from 47 localities nationwide and 25 countries and territories.

The People’s Committee of the south-central province of Khanh Hoa has approved the Nha Trang Beach Festival-Khanh Hoa 2019 with nearly 50 art, physical-sport, trade and symposium activities spanning from May 10th -13th.

The northern province of Ninh Binh will host the main events of National Tourism Year 2020, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).