Tourism

(CPV) - About 260 international travel businesses, many of them from Western Europe, Northeast Asian, Southeast Asia and North America, will visit Ho Chi Minh city to seek partners at the 15th International Travel Expo (ITE) held from September 5th to 7th.

The 19th Meeting of the East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum (EATOF) Standing Committee took place in the northern province of Quang Ninh on August 27th with the participation of representatives from 10 EATOF members.

The number of tourists to Hanoi reached an estimated 2.52 million in August 2019, a year-on-year rise of 10.7%, according to the Hanoi Department of Tourism.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism said that it had received notice about the number of aired films promoting Hanoi on CNN International from June to August 2019.

Cambodia Angkor Air will open its first direct flight route from the capital Phnom Penh to Da Nang at the end of October 2019 with four flights a week, according to the Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism has coordinated with the Vietnam national flag carrier (Vietnam Airlines) to organize a tourism promotion program for Australian businesses.

The Network of Indian MICE Agents (NIMA), Tourism and Travel Association of Andhra (TTAA) and Da Nang Tourism Association have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on tourism cooperation.

Australia has expanded the number of Work and Holiday Maker visa places available to Vietnamese people, upping the annual intake from 200 to 1,500 a year from September 2, according to the Department of Home Affairs’ media release on August 23rd.

The tourism sector of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has carried out various measures to bolster sustainable and eco-friendly tourism.

A tourism business matching event took place in Hanoi on August 23rd, gathering 32 Australian firms and 150 representatives from Vietnam’s state management agencies and travel companies.

Vietnam has been named among the world’s 10 fastest-growing tourism destinations by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

The Thua Thien Hue provincial People’s Council has passed a Resolution adjusting entrance fees to the Hue historical and cultural relics in the Hue Imperial Relic Complex.

(CPV) - The new-age carrier Vietjet Air is opening two direct flights from Ho Chi Minh city and Hanoi to New Delhi (India) with thousands of super-saving tickets.

The Korean Tourism Organization (KTO) has launched the “Korea Welcomes You! 2019 Vietnam Welcome Week” campaign from September 2nd to 8th to show gratefulness to Vietnamese tourists for spending love for the Republic of Korea and attracting more Vietnamese to the land of kimchi.

Aiming to protect the environment, from September 1st, tourism services on Ha Long bay, the northern province of Quang Ninh, will “say no” to plastic bags and disposable plastic items.

Low-cost carrier Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company (HOSE code VJC) was named among Vietnam’s 50 best listed companies in 2019 by Forbes Magazine during an award ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on August 15th.

(CPV) - Following the signing of the overall USD45 million loan agreement with the Ministry of Finance, ADB and the Provincial People’s Committees (PPC) of Hoa Binh, Nghe An, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue signed on August 15th 2019 the specific project agreements for the Second GMS Tourism Infrastructure for Inclusive Growth Project.

The Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR) will organize more than 50 additional trains on routes with heavy passenger density such as: Sai Gon – Nha Trang, Sai Gon – Phan Thiet, Hanoi – Vinh, and Hanoi – Dong Hoi to meet the increasing travel demand during national holiday from August 29th to September 2nd.

The central province of Khanh Hoa greeted 4.15 million tourists in July 2019, a year-on-year rise of 11%.

Deborah Stone and Nick Dalton, co-authors of the book The World’s Great River Journeys, have named Vietnam's Red River among the eight unmissable river trips worldwide, according to an article on UK's Daily Mail newspaper.

British travel magazine Rough Guides has included Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay in its selection of the 100 most beautiful places to visit next year.

(CPV) - The CNN international channel will broadcast fifteen 60-second commercials to serve the Hanoi promotion campaign in 2019, according to an announcement CNN recently sent to the Hanoi Department of Tourism.

The southern province of Kien Giang aims to welcome 8.3 visitors and earn VND6.84 trillion (USD294.7 million) from tourism in 2019, up 7.6 percent and 7.3 percent, respectively, from the previous year, according to the province’s Department of Tourism.

Bamboo Airways makes no secret of its ambition to become the first airline in Vietnam to operate direct flights to the United States, the airline’s Deputy Director General Truong Phuong Thanh said at a seminar on August 1st.

(CPV) – The new-age carrier Vietjet has announced it would open 4 new routes from and to Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, including two domestic routes and two international ones.

The number of tourists to Hanoi reached more than 2.4 million in July, a year-on-year rise of 9.5%, according to the city Department of Tourism.

Foreign tourists to Vietnam reached more than 1.31 million in July 2019, an 11% rise from the previous month and a 10.7% increase from the same period last year, according to Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

A program to promote Vietnam’s tourism will take place in Japanese cities of Sapporo, Kanagawa and Tokyo from September 6th - 15th, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has decided to recognize Bat Trang commune in Gia Lam district as a tourist destination, contributing to bringing the 500-year-old pottery village to join the typical craft villages in Hanoi.

From the start of the year, Ly Son island district in the central province of Quang Ngai greeted more than 140,000 domestic and foreign tourists, according to the district People’s Committee.