Tourism

The grand opening ceremony of the Visit Vietnam Year 2021 and Hoa Lu Festival 2021, themed “Hoa Lu - thousand-year Ancient Capital”, took place in the northern province of Ninh Binh on April 20.

The Bai Dam Trau beach in Con Dao island in Vietnam’s southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, has been listed among the 25 most beautiful beaches in the world, according to a recent article published by Travel + Leisure magazine.

With a length of 30 seconds and broadcast every day, a promotional video featuring the beauty of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has been screened on the BBC Global News channel for the Asia-Pacific region from April 8.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will resume flights on the Hanoi-Narita (Tokyo), Hanoi-Incheon (Seoul), Hanoi-Sydney, and Ho Chi Minh City-Sydney routes from April 1 to June 30, a representative of the airline said.

Bamboo Airways has received slots allocated at Heathrow Airport in London to fly six times a week from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City starting in May by the Airports Council of the UK, a representative of the carrier has announced.

Some 500,000 seats, equivalent to 2,600 flights, will be added by Vietnam Airlines Group, comprising Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and VASCO, during the 6 days from April 28 to May 3, 2021.

Besides locations equipped with free wifi in 2020, Hanoi has approved free wifi for 9 additional venues which are popular tourist destinations in 2021.

The Ho Chi Minh city Department of Tourism has said it will research and digitalize tourist destinations in the city in 2021.

(CPV) – The Hanoi People’s Committee has issued a Plan organizing a festival to encourage tourism demand and introduce the cuisine culture of the capital in 2021.

Travel agencies and localities are making plans to stimulate domestic tourism and give priority to small-group tours to destinations near their homes.

Representatives of Vietnam Airlines and the People’s Committee of the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on March 10 signed an agreement on tourism development cooperation in the 2021-2025 period.

Vietnam Airlines announced on February 26 that it will resume flights between Ho Chi Minh City and the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Van Don Airport, which had been hit by COVID-19, on March 3 as the province has brought the pandemic under control and the airport is now safe to cater to passengers.

The Da Nang Tourism Department said that it will pilot policies to support MICE tourist groups coming to the city in 2021.

Although tourism activities are quiet during the 2021 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, the “hotline” is still working to support local people and tourists about destinations and measures to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic, according to the Hanoi Department of Tourism.

The capital of Hanoi greeted over 122,000 tourist arrivals during the first seven days of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival which lasts from February 10-16, accounting for 50% of the same period last year, according to the city Department of Tourism.

(CPV) - The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has issued an official document asking for tighter measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in tourism activities.

According to 2021 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards, four Vietnamese cities have been listed among the most popular destinations in Asia in 2020.

(CPV) - Vietnam greeted 17,736 foreign visitors in January 2021, an increase of 9% from the previous month but a decrease of 99.1% compared to the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.

The world-famous travel site TripAdvisor has recently named Hanoi among the 25 most popular destinations in the category of Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice Awards 2021.

(CPV) – The Hanoi Department of Tourism strengthens many measures to encourage units to organize new tourism products to serve tourists on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2021.

A tourism promotion program, entitled “Vietnam: Di De Yeu” (Discover Vietnam), has been launched in order to advertise Vietnam as a safe and attractive destination for visitors.

Tourist spots in Ly Son Island, the central province of Quang Ngai, will be tagged with QR codes to bolster digitization in local tourism development, said Mr. Truong Van Suu, Head of the Ly Son district Culture and Information Office.

(CPV) - New-age carrier Vietjet has been listed in “the World’s Top 10 Safest & Best Low-Cost Airlines 2021” by AirlineRatings, the world’s famous airline safety and product rating website.

Da Lat city greeted more than 58,000 visitors during the 2021 New Year holiday from January 1 to 3, said Ms. Tran Thi Vu Loan, Deputy Chairwoman of the Da Lat People’s Committee.

The central city of Da Nang offered 2,000 tickets free of charge on the first two days of the year for locals and tourists to take part in a travel tour held in the city’s iconic Han River at night.

From a “low-cost” destination 20 years ago, Vietnam’s tourism sector has made substantial breakthroughs and become a regular in the last five years on “must-see” lists for international tourists.

The Da Nang Festival – Welcome New Year 2021 kicked off at Asia Park in the central city of Da Nang on December 30 evening.

This is one the measures discussed at a conference held on December 29 in the central province of Quang Binh to recover tourism in 2021 as Vietnam has successfully controlled the COVID-19 pandemic.

From the evening of December 25, Hanoi added 8 new streets and 3 allies to extend the pedestrian zone on weekends (Friday, Saturday and Sunday), said Hoan Kiem district authorities.

(CPV) – Foreign tourists to Vietnam in December were estimated at only 16,300 arrivals, down 8.1% from the previous month and down 99% from the same period last year, according to General Statistics Office (GSO).