Tourism

Thousands of local people and tourists attended the opening ceremony of the Muong Lo Tourism - Culture Week 2018 held on October 12th in Nghia Lo town, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

(CPV) - Vietjet Air has signed and exchanged an aircraft financing agreement with Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited (MUL), a member of Japan’s leading finance group Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), and the banking group BNP Paribas (France).

(CPV) - Ho Chi Minh city greeted more than 5.45 million foreign tourists from the start of the year, representing a year-on-year rise of 21.25% or fulfilling 72.6% of the year’s plan.

The central coastal city of Da Nang is named among the Top 10 trending holiday destinations to visit before the crowds pour in, by Singapore’s Kayak travel site.

Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam has been ranked the 14th best place in the world for expatriates to live by The Travel website, thanks to the ancient town’s “cheap cost of living”.

Nha Trang city in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa greeted more than 5.03 million tourists in the first 9 months of 2018, up over 116% from the same period last year, according the provincial Department of Tourism.

The second Ban Gioc Waterfall Tourism Festival will open on October 6th-7th, 2018 in Trung Khanh district, the northern border province of Cao Bang.

A tourism promotion event, titled “A Soulful Vietnam”, opened in the northern Italian city of Milan on October 3rd, with dozens of travel agencies in attendance.

Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Quang Nam, Da Nang, Thua Thien - Hue, Lam Dong, Kien Giang and Ho Chi Minh city will pilot transport services by double-decker bus, announced the Ministry of Transport.

Vietnam’s tourism sees four nominations in the contest for the World Travel Awards at the end of 2018, according to the organizers.

(CPV) - The “Eco Camp: Green Moving and Experiencing” has just been successfully organized for the first time by Gaia Nature Conservation. The program aims to raise awareness of the public on green tourism, as well as impacts of current tourism activities toward the nature and the environment.

Vietnam Airlines and Jetstar Pacific Airlines have adjusted schedules of flights to and from Japan’s Osaka International Airport due to its closure over the impact of typhoon Trami.

The number of international tourist arrivals to Vietnam in the third quarter of this year increased 14.9 percent against the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The management board of Ngu Hanh Son Tourist Area has recently received the 1.5 millionth tourist.

The northern province of Quang Ninh received more than 10 million tourists in the Jan-Sep period, in which foreign tourists numbered over 3.6 million, up 19% over a year earlier and fulfilling 72% of the year’s plan.

Domestic air carriers are opening more new routes and increasing flights to serve travel demand and family union of passengers on the occasion of Lunar New Year (Tet) 2019.

A Famtrip delegation of 9 leading Japanese travel agents and one representative of Vietnam Airlines is making a fact-finding tour to destinations in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue from September 23rd to 27th.

From October 4th to 10th, the Hanoi Department of Tourism, in association with Vietnam Airlines, will receive 25 tour operators from France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway, Poland and Turkey to survey destinations in Hanoi.

A film crew from the Discovery Channel will travel to Vietnam on September 26th to film final scenes of the documentary film with the title “Connecting Dreams”.

Vietnam Airlines will launch a route connecting the central city of Da Nang with Japan’s Osaka on October 28th, said Mr. Nguyen Xuan Binh, Deputy Director of Da Nang Department of Tourism.

The Khanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee has reported preparations for the 2019 National Tourism Year to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), in association with the US Travel Association and Hanoi Investment Promotion, Trade and Tourism Center, has promoted “Vietnam - Timeless Charm” tourism brand in Washington DC, the US.

(CPV) - The delegation of the Quang Ngai People’s Council, led by Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, standing member and Head of the Economics - Budget Commission, worked with Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical (BSR) JSC to collect information and survey environmental protection.

Hoi An city in Quang Nam province, Hue city in Thua Thien-Hue province and Da Lat city in Lam Dong province have been presented with ASEAN Clean Tourist Awards, and the titles will be valid for 2018-2020.

“A soulful Vietnam” – a Vietnamese tourism promotion event - was held in Washington D.C., the US, the Southeast Asian country’s fifth largest tourism market, on September 19th.

Vietnam Mountain Marathon (VMM) 2018 will be held on September 22nd-23rd in Sa Pa, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai with the participation of 3,400 runners from 54 countries and territories, up 40% from last year.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will launch its onboard duty-free sales programme, Lotushop, in October this year in cooperation with King Power Traveller, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based King Power Group.

The Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh city air route ranked 7th among the 10 busiest routes in the world, according to a recent study by Routes.

China’s Shenzhen Airlines announced the launch of direct flights between Hanoi and Shenzhen city and Guangzhou province of China at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 17th.

The Department of Tourism of Hanoi has called on locals and tourists to vote for the city as the world’s leading destination in 2018 as part of the World Travel Awards.