Tourism

Vietnam's tourism destinations and brands have been named in the top 16 award categories of the 2022 World Travel Awards, with the country accredited as World’s Leading Heritage Destination for the third time since 2019.

Tam Dao town in the northern mountainous province of Vinh Phuc has won the award for world’s leading town destination 2022, the organizers announced at the 29th World Travel Awards ceremony held in Oman on November 11.

The 2022 Da Lat Flower Festival will be organized into a series of events from November to the end of December. In which, there are 9 main programs in the space of Da Lat City and Bao Loc City.

The Dak Lak People’s Committee has just signed a Decision approving technical assistance provision to transform the elephant riding tourism model into an elephant-friendly tourism model, said the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on November 10.

The Muong Khuong district People’s Committee in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on November 10 organized a ceremony to raise the flag and inaugurate the national flagpole on the top of Co Tien Mountain.

Hanoi has more than 348 hotels and service apartments with a total of 26,849 rooms, according to JLL Vietnam, belonging to Jones Lang LaSalle International Real Estate Investment and Management Services Group.

Airshow 2022, a joint effort between the US luxury airline Gulfstream and Sun Air, a premium carrier of Vietnam’s Sun Group, opened for the first time in Vietnam in the northern province of Quang Ninh on November 5.

The week will officially take place in the volcanic area and some locations in two communes of Chu Dang Ya and Nghia Hung in Chu Pah district, the central highlands province of Gia Lai.

The US magazine Travel Leisure has recently suggested Vietnam among the 12 most amazing yet affordable honeymoon destinations for newlyweds.

Quang Ninh aims to attract 1.5 million visitors from now until the end of the year, and to greet 11.5 million visitors for the whole year.

Pho, the quintessence of Vietnamese cuisine, has been honored among the list of 100 most popular dishes in the world as complied by international food magazine TasteAtlas.

Vietnam welcomed over 2.35 million international visitors in the first 10 months of this year, 18.8 times higher than the figure in the same period last year, but still down 83.7% compared with the pre-pandemic level in 2019.

The first flight of Starlux Airlines carrying 171 passengers from Taipei (China) landed at Da Nang International Airport on October 28 morning, resuming the route after over two years of hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Binh Dinh Department of Tourism has held a press conference to announce policies to stimulate tourism demand, attracting delegations to attend conferences and seminars in combination with tourism.

Total tourists to Hanoi numbered 1.51 million in October 2022, in which foreign tourist arrivals reached about 212.760, according to the city Department of Tourism.

Singapore is an important visitor market with the potential to significantly contribute to the flow of tourism to Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular.

An additional 20 international airlines operating in Vietnam have come to Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang to explore opportunities to develop the route network to or from here.

The 5-star cruise ship Le Laperouse (French nationality) has departed from Chan May Port in Thua Thien Hue province and arrived at Quy Nhon Port in Binh Dinh province. This is the second time Le Laperouse has visited Quy Nhon city.

Laophattana newspaper rated Vietnam as one of the first countries to reopen to tourists, and Vietnam’s tourism industry has recovered strongly after more than 2 years of the epidemic.

Budget carrier Vietjet Air launched new flight services linking the central city of Da Nang with India’s Mumbai and New Delhi with a ceremony at Da Nang International Airport on October 18.

The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has just issued a plan to organize the 9th Da Lat Flower Festival with the theme “Da Lat - The City of Four Flower Seasons”, which is scheduled to be held from November 1 to December 31.

Vietnam is among the 20 best places to visit in January as suggested by UK travel magazine Wanderlust in a recent article.

The south central province of Khanh Hoa has just approved a new tourist service: an overnight cruise ship in Nha Trang Bay.

French-flagged cruise ship Le Lape'rouse with over 100 foreign holidaymakers aboard docked at Ha Long International Cruise Port in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh on October 13.

France’s five-star cruise ship Le Lapérouse, with 106 tourists of different nationalities, arrived in Quy Nhon port in the central province of Binh Dinh on October 8.

A delegation, led by Vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Thi Thang, has conducted a survey on tourism products in District 11.

The Thua Thien Hue Tourism Promotion Information Center has coordinated with the Ho Chi Minh Museum to conduct surveys on routes and spots to build a tour “Following Uncle Ho’s footsteps in his youth in Hue”.

With an overall score of 89.77 out of 100, "Pearl Island" Phu Quoc, Vietnam's largest island off the coast of the southern province of Kien Giang, has been voted as the sixth out of 10 most favourite resort islands in Asia in the Readers’ Choice Award 2022 of the US-based tourism magazine Condé Nast Traveler (CNTraveler).

The video game “Lac Viet phieu luu ky” (Lac Viet Adventures) was selected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a promotional product on digital platforms at the Vietnam Days Abroad 2022 in Austria in September; and those that will take place India and the Republic of Korea, November and December this year.

CNN wishes to resume tourism promotion cooperation with Hanoi, thus contributing to introducing the capital city’s cultural identity and valuable traditions to the world, Senior Vice President of CNN Robert Bradley told Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen at a meeting in Hanoi on October 4.