Tourism

The Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company is running an additional SP7 train on the Hanoi - Lao Cai route every Friday to serve the increasing demand of tourists.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has coordinated with Vietnam Airlines, localities and enterprises to promote tourism products and tourist attractions at Moscow International Travel & Tourism (MITT) Exhibition in Russia.

As many as 96,478 foreigners requested e-visas on Vietnam’s immigration portal at https://evisa.xuatnhapcanh.gov.vn in the Feb-December period of 2017, according to the Administration of Immigration under the Ministry of Public Security.

Visitors are able to enjoy more than 40,000 cheap air tickets and over 15,000 discounted tours at Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) scheduled from March 29th to April 1st in Hanoi.

The Khanh Hoa People’s Committee has decided to establish an organizing board for National Tourism Year 2019 with 18 members, led by Mr. Tran Son Hai, Standing Deputy Head of the Committee, reported Khanh Hoa News.

As winter's cold grip loosens on Hanoi, the city has been named one of the ideal travel destinations for March by American-based Business Insider.

Van Don district in the northern province of Quang Ninh greeted more than 220,000 tourist arrivals from the start of the year to visit and thurify at historical relics.

The Friendship Journey 2018 was held in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on March 10th, gathering nearly 300 delegates who are ambassadors and officials of embassies of various countries in Vietnam, and representatives of friendship associations, international and non-governmental organisations in Vietnam.

An Bang Beach in the central coastal province of Quang Nam continues to win recognition as TripAdvisor placed it among the Top 25 beaches in Asia in 2018.

The city People’s Committee and Sun Group on March 7th introduced programs for the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2018.

(CPV) - A new route connecting Vietnam’s South Central Coastal Nha Trang city and the Republic of Korea’s Seoul will be operated by Vietnam Airlines from March 25th.

(CPV) - The low-cost carrier has announced its plan to operate direct route connecting Vietnam and India in order to serve travel demands of the two peoples and to contribute to region’s integration and trade exchange.

Tourist arrivals in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue in the first two months of 2018 rose sharply by 46.6 percent from a year earlier to over 715,960, partly thanks to various activities held during the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

Start-up tourism firms will have a chance to get a cash grant and a six-month intensive training course worth USD30,000 in total when joining the “Mekong Innovative Startup Tourism” (MIST) program in 2018.

Located in the Mekong Delta region, Dong Thap province has numerous sites of interest with diverse tourism products and services, each with its own appeal.

More than 2.86 million foreigners were estimated to visit Vietnam in January and February, up 29.7 percent from the same period in 2017.

(CPV) - From March, the Vietnam National Flag Carrier offers a new-style dry snack for Economy class on domestic routes and some short-haul international flights.

Room occupancy rate at most accommodation establishments, hotels and homestays in Hoi An city, the central province of Quang Nam, reached 100% from February 15th (the 28th day of lunar December 2018) to now.

(CPV) - The low-cost carrier will shift all its international flight operations from Terminal 3 to Terminal 4 at Singapore’s Changi International Airport from March 6th.

The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa has decided to add Nha Trang Observatory to the schedule of tours in the city.

Total tourist arrivals to Quang Ninh reached an estimated 2.6 million in the first two months of 2018, a year-on-year rise of 22%, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

The number of tourists to the Central Highland province of Dak Lak reached nearly 140,000 during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday 2018, a 20% rise over a year earlier, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Ngoa Van Spring Festival, which opened at the Tran Dynasty Special Relic Site in Dong Trieu town, the northern province of Quang Ninh on February 24th, became the first event of the locality in response to the “National Tourism Year 2018- Ha Long- Quang Ninh”.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak served nearly 140,000 visitors during the 2018 Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays, a rise of 20 percent year-on-year, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The central province of Quang Binh greeted nearly 145,000 tourist arrivals to relics and attractions during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, a 33% rise from the previous Tet, said Mr. Tran Xuan Quang, Head of the Office of the provincial Department of Tourism.

The number of international tourists to the capital city of Hanoi are estimated to rise by 30 percent to 125,000 people during the week-long Tet (Vietnamese New Year) festival, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

Thousands of Buddhist monks, nuns and followers and visitors flocked to the Keo Pagoda festival that opened in Vu Thu district in the Red River Delta province of Thai Binh on February 19th – the fourth day of the lunar New Year.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has put many efforts to preserve and restore relics of the UNESCO-recognised Complex of Hue Monuments in Hue city, the former royal capital of Vietnam, over the past two decades.

According to many experts and tourism companies, Ho Chi Minh city’s tourism sector should focus on investment in tourism products at night, taking advantage of the city's cuisine to attract more international tourists.

The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai welcomed the first group of foreign tourists on February 16th, the first day of the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2018.