Tourism

As many as 10 chefs from Germany, Japan, France, Hong Kong (China), Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam will bring great food for participants at the International Food Festival – Hoi An 2019.

Nearly 10 million Vietnamese people travelled abroad in 2018 and the number of tourists continued to grow 20% a year on average over the last 5 years, according to statistics of the Vietnam Society of Travel Agents (VISTA).

The development of the tourism sector has helped attracting investment in tourism real estate, while encouraging investors to diversify their projects, products and services, held experts at the Tourism Property Forum 2019 on April 6th.

The number of foreign tourists to Ho Chi Minh city reached an estimated 2.25 million in the first three months of 2019, fulfilling 27% of the year’s plan, according to its Department of Tourism.

(CPV) - Vietjet Air on April 3rd celebrated the inauguration of a new international route connecting Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa province) to Taipei (China), contributing to promote tourism, trade and integration between two countries and regions.

(CPV) - The new-age carrier Vietjet Air on April 3rd received the brand new A321neo, registered as VN-A600, at Airbus’s factory under the witness of Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on her official visit to France.

TripAdvisor, the world's largest online tourism provider, has announced its Top 25 destinations in Asia, including Hanoi, Hoi An, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh city from Vietnam.

The European Union (EU) will support the Tourism Advisory Board (TAB) of Vietnam in the development of the management and operation model of the Tourism Development Fund and competitiveness increase of destinations.

(CPV) - The Singapore-based Business Insider news website has named Ha Long Bay among the 35 most beautiful natural wonders on Earth.

The New York Times has included Da Nang on its list of 52 places to go in 2019, describing the city as the Miami of Vietnam with a strong foodie scene and a five-mile-long beach strip.

(CPV) - The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and Vietjet Air on March 28th signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the cooperation during the 2019-2021 period.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) always considers Vietnam a potential tourism market and expects to greet about 3,000 travelers from the market in 2019, a ten-fold increase from 2018, said Mr. Ham Jin, General Director of the Korea International Travel Company, in a press conference on March 28th.

(CPV) - The International Travel Expo Ho Chi Minh city (ITE HCMC) 2019 targets attracting more than 350 exhibitors, a 40% rise from 2018, with a display area increasing 55%, said the city Department of Tourism in a press conference on March 28th, in Hanoi.

A delegation of the Tourism Ministry of Cambodia has worked with the Phu Quoc district People’s Committee in Kien Giang province in order to connect a sea tourism route.

Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi has kept a position on the list of the global 100 best airports by the UK-based airline and airport review and rating organisation Skytrax.

The European Union’s technical assistance project, started from February 2019, will help Vietnam strengthen competiveness of its destinations and gain a better position in the changing international tourism market, according to the Vietnam Tourism Advisory Board (TAB).

Over 4.5 million foreigners are estimated to visit Vietnam in the first three months of this year, a rise of 7 percent year on year, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) said on March 29th.

The ninth Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa Sea Festival, slated for May 10th-13th in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, is the highlight of the Visit Vietnam Year 2019, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa Nguyen Dac Tai said at a press conference in Hanoi on March 29th.

The Government leader has permitted the Hai Phong People’s Committee to organize a low-range fireworks display at 22h00 of March 31st, in celebration of the opening of the Cat Ba Festival, reported the Hai Phong information portal.

Since the end of 2018, the central coastal city of Da Nang has had 23 direct international air routes, including 15 direct annual flights and 8 chartered flights with 328 flights a week.

The number of tourists to the central province of Thua Thien - Hue reached an estimated 1.25 million in the first three months of 2019, a 13.8% rise year on year; in which foreign tourists numbered more than 640,000, a 20.26% increase, reported the provincial Department of Tourism.

(CPV) - As many as 269 leading tourism businesses and individuals of Vietnam were honored for their outstanding performances in a ceremony held on March 28th, in Hanoi, under the framework of Vietnam International Travel Mart 2019.

The Embassy of Cuba in Hanoi coordinated with Russia’s Airlines and Hanoitourist to organize the Cuba Tourism Festival on March 26th in order to help local people and tourists understand more about the landscape and people of Cuba.

(CPV) - The Ministry of Tourism of Republic of Indonesia along with 16 tourism businesses (sellers) from tourism destinations in the country, namely Bali, Yogyakarta, Batam, and West Java, conduct a Sales Mission of 10 Indonesian Branding Destinations in two big cities in Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City on March 22nd 2019 and Hanoi on March 25th, 2019.

The number of tourists to Hanoi reached more than 2.6 million in March, a year-on-year rise of 12%, bringing the total figure for the first three months of the year to nearly 7.5 million, a year-on-year rise of 10.6%, reported the Hanoi Department of Tourism.

The Embassy of Belgium in Vietnam held a ceremony to open a centre for receiving visa applications to European countries, including Belgium, Germany and Italy, in the central city of Da Nang on March 22nd.

Vietnam has seven tourist attractions named among 25 natural wonders in Southeast Asia voted by Fodor’s Travel - a trusted resource offering expert travel advice for every stage of a traveler’s trip for nearly eight decades.

(CPV) - The Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2019, themed “Stories by the Rivers”, will take place every Sunday from June 1st to July 6th, said the organizers in a recent press conference.

Coordination regulation in state management on security and order, and environmental sanitation, has been signed between the Da Nang Department of Tourism’s Son Tra Peninsula Management Board and People’s Committees of Son Tra, Ngu Hanh Son, Thanh Khe and Lien Chieu districts.

A caravan parade for sustainable development of Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam will be held from April 1st to 7th, through provinces along the southern tourism corridor of the three countries.