Tourism

(CPV) - As many as 30 tourist spots in Hanoi; including popular attractions: Ngoc Son Temple, Ba Kieu Temple, Vietnam National Museum of History, Vietnam Museum of Revolution, Quan Su Pagoda and Opera House; will ban smoking from October.

Advertising clips by the US Cable News Network (CNN) to promote Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi have attracted a lot of foreign viewers during their broadcasts from June 3rd to August 31st as part of the bilateral tourism deal.

Vietnam welcomed 12.9 million foreign visitors in the first nine months of 2019, a year-on-year rise of 10.8 percent, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The number of tourists to the capital Hanoi reached more than 21.5 million in the January-September period, a year-on-year rise of 9.5%, according to the city Department of Tourism.

The new-age carrier Vietjet on September 26th said has just added the world’s first 240-seat Airbus A321neo ACF (Airbus Cabin Flex) to its modern and young fleet.

The number of foreign tourists to Ho Chi Minh city reached more than 6.2 million from January to September 2019, a year-on-year rise of 14.3%, according to the city Department of Tourism.

The third Ban Gioc Waterfall Festival, co-organized by the Cao Bang provincial People’s Committee and Trung Khanh district, will take place on October 5th-6th.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) will open two new routes connecting Ho Chi Minh city with two famous islands, Bali (Indonesia) and Phuket (Thailand), from October 27th.

The French Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh city has opened the French mansion at No.27, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai street, Ben Nghe precinct, District 1 to welcome visitors.

The Hoi An Memories show has officially welcomed its 1 millionth visitor, affirming its success and impact to a large number of domestic and foreign tourists.

The Vietnam national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on September 23rd said it has signed a comprehensive cooperative deal with Korean Air (the Republic of Korea) and China Airlines (Taiwan-China) to boost Vietnam’s tourism promotion and enhance intensive cooperation in various fields.

Da Nang will connect with more countries around the world as new flights are launched to more destinations from the central city.

As many as 32 cruises docked at the Ha Long International Cruise Port by the end of August 2019, bringing 42,000 foreign tourists to the heritage land of Ha Long in Quang Ninh province.

The Hanoi city People’s Committee has issued Decision 4851/QD-UBND recognizing the Duong Lam ancient village in Son Tay town as a tourism destination.

(CPV) - In the upcoming time, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will diversify promotion methods, in which it will focus on seeking suitable trademarks to cooperate with in promoting the image of Vietnam tourism to the world.

A Famtrip delegation of Spanish travel companies, chaired by the Thue Thien Hue Tourism Promotion Information Center in coordination with the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism’s Market Department, surveyed tourism in the locality on September 11th-12th.

The central province of Thua Thien Hue has recognized Phuoc Tich ancient village as a tourism destination in the locality, the second of its kind in Vietnam.

There will be an additional 668 broadcasts promoting Hanoi on the US Cable News Network (CNN) International from September to December 2019, said the city Department of Tourism.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) in association with related units is organizing a program to promote Vietnam tourism in Japan from September 6th to 15th.

Vietnam ranks 63rd among 140 countries and territories in the recently released Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) 2019, jumping four places compared to the latest 2017 ranking.

Indian low-cost airline IndiGo has opened its second direct air route linking the country to Vietnam.

Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air on September 5th inked a Memorandum of Understanding with Russia’s Vladivostok International Airport (VVO) to facilitate it to open direct flights between the two countries.

Vietnam Airlines has been continuously working to complete procedures to conduct direct flights to the US, according to the national flag carrier.

On the occasion of the 74th National Day (September 2nd), 50 years of implementing President Ho Chi Minh's testament and the 50th anniversary of his death, from August 31st to September 2nd, the management board of President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum welcomed 50,066 visitors, including 1,462 foreign visitors.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia held a workshop on September 3rd to promote Vietnam’s tourism, luring nearly 100 Indonesian businesses.

​Three leading travel agencies in Vietnam, which own a range of luxury hotels, look set to equitise by the end of next year.

The central province of Thua Thien – Hue welcomed nearly 3.4 million visitors in the first eight months of this year, over 1.43 million of them were foreigners, up 8.7 percent annually.

The ancient town of Hoi An in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam has topped the list of the 13 most beautiful towns throughout Asia compiled by CNN travel.

Indochina Unique Tourist (IUT) Company, in association with tourism and travel business partners, will organize a survey trip (Famtrip) for 24 international travel businesses to the central region of Vietnam from September 3rd to 6th.

(CPV) - The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam reached 11.3 million from January to August 2019, in which Asia sent the most foreigners to the country, said the General Statistics Office (GSO) on August 29th.