Tourism

The Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi is expected to serve 450 flights and up to 80,000 passengers on the peak day during the travel season for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) – Vietnam’s biggest and longest traditional festival.

Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism introduction videos have just been broadcast on the international television channel CNN with 2 topics “Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City” and “Ho Chi Minh City - Vibrant City”, according to the city Department of Tourism.

Vietnam Airlines Group, which comprises Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines, and Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO), has announced that it will add more than 1,500 flights or 224,000 seats to meet increasing travel demand before, during and after the coming Lunar New Year festival - the biggest traditional one of Vietnamese.

In December, the northern province of Quang Ninh organizes many cultural festivals to attract tourists at the end of 2022.

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) was named among the top 10 trending destinations on online flight booking search service Google Flights, which gives an insight into where Americans are looking to travel this year and beyond.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism on December 8 launched the second Ho Chi Minh City Hot Air Balloon Festival to promote, introduce and attract tourists to the city at the end of the year and at the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2023.

The central province of Quang Binh has allowed the exploitation of natural tourism products in Truong Son commune, Quang Ninh district. This promises to be a new tourism product with beautiful natural scenery, an attractive check-in destination in summer 2023.

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Department of Tourism has just issued a plan on exploiting and developing water tourism in HCMC. Accordingly, in the near future, tourism businesses in the city will develop ships with accommodations on the Saigon River.

The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Youth Union in collaboration with the city's Department of Tourism will organize the contest "Open good tour guide in 2022".

The Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) Da Nang 2022 will take place in the central city, on December 9 to 11.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism has just proposed to the City People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City to petition the Prime Minister for studying extending the list of countries exempted from unilateral visas.

Ho Chi Minh City held a flag raising ceremony at the space of the Thu Ngu Flagpole and ASEAN Flagpole, Bach Dang Wharf Park in District 1 on December 5 to launch the second Tourism Week in 2022.

Thai Vietjet on December 2 resumed the only direct service between Da Lat, the city of flowers, and Thailand’s Bangkok capital after nearly three years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been announced as the latest destinations joining the international selection of the MICHELIN Guide, the most prestigious culinary collection in the world.

Foreign tourists to Vietnam in November 2022 numbered 596,900, up 23.2% from the previous month and a 39.7% fold increase compared to the same period last year, according to General Statistics Office (GSO).

(CPV) – The aviation industry served 8.67 million passengers through airports in November 2022, an increase of 7% compared to October 2022 and 630% compared to the same period last year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

The international kitesurfing week 2022 and other cultural and tourism events will be held from December 16 to 25 in the southern province of Ninh Thuan, with many exciting activities.

The Tourism Information Center under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has launched an email system to promote Vietnam's tourism at https://mail.vietnam.travel.

As many as 88.5% of Vietnamese tourists traveled both domestically and internationally in the first nine months of this year. The outbound tourism market in Vietnam has recovered strongly, faster than expected.

Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, welcomed more than 7 million tourists in 2022, an increase of 340% against last year, said the provincial People’s Committee in a conference on November 22.

In November and the first 11 months of 2022, the total number of tourists to Hanoi is expected to rise by 5 times over the same period last year, according to the City Department of Tourism.

The number of tourists arriving in Hanoi since the beginning of the year is estimated at over 17 million, representing a five-fold increase year on year, according to the Municipal Department of Tourism.

(CPV) – Vietnam and Japan will strengthen tourism cooperation activities, exchange delegations and promote promotion together to rebuild tourists’ confidence and restore visitor exchange as before the pandemic.

The competition is taking place in Lai Chau from November 17 to 20 with the participation of 100 paragliders, including 35 foreign ones from Australia, the United States, the Republic of Korea, England, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan.

Vietnam ranks 5th in the Asia-Pacific region for the number of accommodation establishments earning Booking.com’s Sustainable Tourism badge, with 5,093 properties.

The travel website Time Out has just named Ninh Binh the top site among attractive destinations in Southeast Asia with neglected beauty, like a jewel in the middle of heaven and earth.

The World Travel Awards, world-renowned awards in the travel industry, has just honored Hanoi as the world’s leading city tourism destination in 2022.

The Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) in Vietnam on November 15 launched a campaign to promote Japanese tourism in the Southeast Asian nation.

The Asian Records Organization has officially recognized new Asian records for Vietnamese cuisine and specialty gifts for the third time in 2022.

The Hanoi Municipal Tourism Department has coordinated with Vietnam Airlines to organise a reception for a fam trip delegation from 12 Australian travel agencies, following a period of disruption due to the COVID-19 epidemic.