Tourism

(CPV) – Tourists to the capital Hanoi numbered nearly 1.2 million in July 2020, a 51.2% rise from the previous month, according to the city Department of Tourism.

It is estimated that there are roughly 80,000 passengers traveling to and from the central city of Da Nang, and it takes 4 days to remove all passengers from Da Nang- now a coronavirus "hot spot" in Vietnam after four community infections were detected over the past few days.

The Da Nang Airport in the central city of the same name is temporarily closed to international flights that carry overseas experts and Vietnamese in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, said a representative of the Ministry of Transport in a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency.

(CPV) - The 2020 World Travel Awards (WTA) is opening a voter portal at www.worldtravelawards.com and Vietnam is nominated for 11 categories.

(CPV) – Aiming to meet the domestic travel demand as well as promote tourism recovery in Da Nang, Bamboo Airways will open three new air routes to the central city of Da Nang in July 2020.

The HCM City Department of Tourism in coordination with the Department of Health has launched a new website on medical tourism, the first of its kind in the country.

(CPV) - The 16th Ho Chi Minh city Tourism Festival closed on July 19th, attracting nearly 200,000 visitors and transactions.

The Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) on July 15th launched an application to buy train tickets and pay online by smartphones.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed the Prime Minister allow the resumption of commercial flights between Vietnam and certain other countries in August.

Vietnam Airlines will launch two new domestic routes and re-open two others from July 22nd.

The Vietnamese government has decided to restore air transport activities between Vietnam and China, according to a conclusion recently released by the Government Office on July 13th.

Hoi An ancient city in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam continues impressing foreign tourists, as it won the first spot among Asia’s Top 15 travel cities and ranked third among the world’s Top 25 cities in 2020 on the Travel+Leisure list.

Quang Ninh has decided to cut accommodation fees by 50% for travelers staying on Ha Long Bay.

(CPV) - The Vietnam International Tourism Mart (VITM Hanoi 2020) will have 400 display booths, said the organizers of the event.

Localities in the central province of Binh Dinh signed a commitment to carry out activities of the program “Each local person is a Tourism Ambassador”.

The 16th Ho Chi Minh city Tourism Festival will take place from July 16th to 19th.

An express boat service connecting the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau with Nam Du archipelago and Phu Quoc island, two popular tourist destinations in the nearby province of Kien Giang, was launched on July 7th.

The Ho Chi Minh city tourism industry is boosting development of agricultural tourism and ecotourism products.

The US-based website Insider has listed Ha Long bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh among the 50 most beautiful natural wonders around the world.

Ho Chi Minh City is carry out a range of promotion programmes aiming to increase the number of tourists to the city which saw a 54.7-percent drop in the first half of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A programme to boost tourism in Ho Chi Minh city and the Mekong Delta kicked off in Can Tho city on July 3rd.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s T’way Air has announced it will re-open its route between HCM city and Incheon on July 22nd.

(CPV) - On July 1st, Bamboo Airways launched two new routes connecting Thanh Hoa with Quy Nhon and Phu Quoc at Tho Xuan Airport, in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

(CPV) - Vietjet has cooperated with Facebook to launch the tourism promotion program "Immense Vietnam - Fly green with Vietjet".

Visitors to the Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh will now have a chance to enjoy the stunning scenic views of the UNESCO-recognised site from above, thanks to a new helicopter tour officially launched on June 26th.

A seminar on tourism promotion in the post-COVID-19 period was co-organized by the Can Tho city Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Vietnam Airlines on June 22nd.

The Prime Minister has approved the piloting of open-top double-decker tour bus services in the two provinces of Binh Thuan and Ba Ria - Vung Tau.

The northern province of Quang Ninh has seen a boom in domestic tourist arrivals over the last month after the weeks-long social distancing order to curb the spread of COVID-19 was lifted, enabling the province to welcome back visitors.

The Vietnamese and Japanese Governments have agreed to gradually ease travel restrictions between the two countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced.

A series of Vietnamese destinations were continuously praised by international media in early 2020.