Tourism

Ho Chi Minh city has proposed a direct air route linking it with Saint Petersburg city of Russia in an effort to facilitate bilateral tourism, investment, trade and people-to-people exchange.

Alain Baron, a French national flying with national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines from France to Hanoi, became the first foreign tourist to set foot in the capital city in 2020.

​Vietnam greeted over 18 million international tourists in 2019, the highest level so far, according to the General Statistics Office.

(CPV) - Number of tourists to Hanoi was estimated at nearly 29 million in 2019, a year-on-year rise of 10.1%. Of this, foreign tourists numbered 7.02 million, a year-on-year increase of 17%, including over 4.9 million foreigners staying overnight.

Quang Nam held a ceremony in the ancient port city of Hoi An on December 25th to welcome the 4.6 millionth foreign visitor to the province in 2019.

The VJ837 flight of the new-age carrier Vietjet from Seoul (the Republic of Korea) to Nha Trang has carried the 10 millionth passenger and 3.5 millionth international tourists travel to Cam Ranh International Airport in 2019.

Since the beginning of the year, the central province of Quang Binh has greeted about 5 million tourists, including 250,000 foreign tourists, grossing revenue of VND5.57 trillion, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

Vietnamese carrier Bamboo Airways took delivery of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, its first wide-body aircraft, at Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi, on December 22nd.

Developing tourism and services in protective and special-use forests in parallel with conservation will become a key part of the national economy in the future, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism has announced it will coordinate with the Department of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam Airlines Corporation, and Noi Bai International Airport to welcome the first international tourist to the capital in 2020.

In 2019, Vietnamese airlines carried nearly 55 million passengers, an increase of more than 11% from the previous year, according to a representative of Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam.

At a Resolution of the regular Government meeting in November 2019, the Government agreed to extend visa exemption for citizens of 8 countries: Russia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Belarus, for stays in Vietnam until December 31st, 2022.

The Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee plans to set off fireworks on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2020 after receiving approval from the Government.

A seminar to connect and cooperate to develop tourism has been held by the Ca Mau People’s Committee with the participation of leaders of Mekong Delta localities, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and representatives from Embassies and Tourism Associations of Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.

The Nguyen Hue Flower Street for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday will open at 19h00 from January 22nd to 28th, 2020 (from the 28th day of lunar December to 4th day of lunar January).

The National Tourism Year 2020 will be launched in the northern province of Ninh Binh on February 20th, 2020, heard a press conference in Hanoi on December 10th.

(CPV) - The new-age carrier Vietjet Air will open four international routes: Da Lat/Can Tho - Seoul (the Republic of Korea), Can Tho - Taipei (China) and Hanoi - Bali (Indonesia), to meet the rising travel demand in the year-end festive season.

Hoi An city in the central coastal province of Quang Nam will greet the first international tourist delegation of 2020 on January 1st, at the Tra Que vegetable village.

Experts proposed many measures to help Vietnam tourism continue to attract and keep visitors coming back to the country at the Vietnam Travel & Tourism Summit 2019 held in Hanoi on December 9th.

Oxalis Adventure Tours Company will continue to operate the tourism product “Conquering Son Doong cave” until the end of 2030.

The Northern Vietnam Helicopter Company has launched its Red River scenic tour service (Song Hong HeliTour) at the Gia Lam Helicopter Station.

(CPV) - The new-age carrier Vietjet will add nearly 1,200 flights to meet the increasing reunion and tourism demands of customers on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2020.

Hanoi and beach town Nha Trang have been listed among the best 10 cities to go for honeymoon in Asia by The Travel, a leading travel site of Canada.

(CPV) – The new-age carrier Vietjet Air will launch a new air route connecting Ho Chi Minh city and Thailand’s famous coastal destination Pattaya through U-Tapao International Airport.

Vietnam saw the highest number of foreign tourists in November 2019 with more than 1.8 million, according to General Statistics Office (GSO).

The 2019 Sun Flower Festival will be held from December 27th to 29th, 2019, according to Nghe An provincial People’s Committee.

The Putaleng XC Open, the first international cross country paragliding competition in Vietnam, will be organized in Tam Duong district, the Northwestern province of Lai Chau, from November 28th to December 1st, 2019.

Italian cruise ship AIDAbella has carried 2,060 travelers from all over the world, with the majority being German, to Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.

Tourists to Hoi An ancient town and Thanh Ha pottery village on December 4th will be offered free entrance.

(CPV) - The new-age carrier Vietjet has been awarded the title of “Asia Pacific Low Cost Airline of the Year 2019” by Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA).