Tourism

Quang Ninh greeted more than 8.4 million tourists in Jan-July 2018, a year-on-year rise of 26%, in which foreigners reached more than 2.8 million, up 17%, reported Vietnam News Agency.

(CPV) - The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho greeted nearly 5.2 million domestic and foreign tourists from the start of the year, a year-on-year rise of 10.7%, grossing revenue of over VND2.18 trillion to reach 62.3% of the year’s plan, a 22.3% increase over a year earlier.

The second Ngoc Linh ginseng festival began in the mountainous district of Nam Tra My, the central province of Quang Nam on August 1st.

The northern port city of Hai Phong welcomed 4.5 million tourist arrivals in the first seven months of this year, 19.9 percent higher than the figure recorded in same time last year, according to Director of the city’s Department of Tourism Nguyen Thi Thuong Huyen.

The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam reached 1.19 million in July, up 0.5% from the previous month; raising the figure in the first seven months of the year to more than 9 million, up 25.4% over a year earlier, according to the General Statistics Office.

A proposed 20 - 85% increase in entrance fees to Ha Long bay is scheduled to be implemented on January 1st, 2019.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council and the Radio Voice of Ho Chi Minh City People (VOH) held a dialogue with the municipal authorities on July 28th to discuss measures to further develop its tourism.

The Four Seasons the Nam Hai is Vietnam’s only representative named among the world’s 100 best hotels in 2018 by the US’s Travel and Leisure magazine.

Bamboo Airways – of the Viet Bamboo Airlines Co., owned by property developer FLC Group – plans to see its first flight take off on October 10th.

The former imperial city of Hue in central Thua Thien-Hue province plans to develop a complex featuring a hotel, leasing offices, shopping malls and tourist recreation facility to offer something new from the heritage monuments in the former imperial capital.

The Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee has issued a decision recognizing Van Chay in Co To district as a standard beach. The decision is effective for five years.

The Cat Hai district People’s Committee will temporarily suspend unregistered means of transport from carrying overnight tourists after July 30th.

The Hanoi Transport Service Company (Transerco) will launch an open top double-decker night-tour bus from 19h30 to 20h30 from August 1st to attract more passengers.

Southeast Asia has four representatives in the 2018 World’s Top 15 cities, as voted by Travel + Leisure readers, including Hoi An, Luang Prabang, Chiang Mai and Ubud.

The Ministry of Transport has approved detailed scheme for Dong Hoi airport by 2020, with an orientation to 2030.

(CPV) - The “Let’s clean up the ocean” 2018 campaign will be carried out in 28 coastal provinces and cities nationwide from now to August 31st in order to reduce the pollution by domestic waste.

A paragliding contest was opened in Hoanh Bo mountainous district of northern Quang Ninh province on July 14th as part of the National Tourism Year 2018.

On July 11th, a King Air 350 aircraft which took off from Noi Bai International Airport successfully landed at Van Don International Airport in Quang Ninh province, marking a milestone in the process of preparing for the formal operation of the airport in late 2018.

Authorities of the central province of Quang Binh have decided to pilot tours of some new caves at the World Natural Heritage site Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, dubbed the “Kingdom of Caves”.

(CPV) - The number of foreign tourists to Ho Chi Minh city reached an estimated 3.83 million in the first half of the year, a year-on-year rise of 26.5%, or 51% of the year’s plan, reported the city People’s Committee.

Visitors from the Republic of Korea (RoK) accounted for one third of the 1.01 million foreign tourists to the central province of Thua Thien-Hue in the first half of this year, creating the largest market of the province’s tourism sector, statistics show.

Over 93 percent of interviewed foreign tourists said they are satisfied with their trips to Vietnam, according to the Vietnam Annual Tourism Report 2017 by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Overseas visitors stayed in Ho Chi Minh city for 5.2 days on average in 2017, with foreign tourists on holidays spending four days, according to a recent survey jointly conducted by the city’s Department of Tourism and the Statistics Office.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang greeted 308,588 foreign tourists in the first half of 2018, a 59.8% rise over a year earlier, according to statistics from travel businesses.

Tourists from the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy will enjoy visa exemptions for the next three years until June 30th, 2021, from July 1st, 2018, when travelling to Vietnam.

(CPV) - Vietnam will promote tourism and introduce its destinations in four Western European countries: France, Spain, Italy and Germany from September 25th to October 7th, 2018.

(CPV) - Vietjet Air will launch its Nha Trang - Da Nang route with a daily return flight from this September 21st.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), in association with VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company, has organized a roadshow to promote Vietnam tourism in four Korean cities: Seoul, Daejeon, Daegu and Busan.

Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the master plan for the development of the Ca Mau cape national tourism area in Vietnam’s southernmost province of Ca Mau by 2030.

Deputy Prime Minister (PM) Trinh Dinh Dung has released directions for the policy of investing in Bamboo Airways project at Phu Cat airport in Phu Cat district, the south central province of Binh Dinh.