Tourism

The 2017 Autumn Festival will be held on August 26th-27th in Y Ty commune, Bat Xat district, in the northwestern province of Lao Cai.

(CPV) - Number of foreign tourists to Vietnam in July reached more than 1.036 million, a 9.2% rise from the previous month and a 21.1% increase over a year earlier, reported Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Foreign tourists staying overnight at Hanoi reached an estimated 248,000 in July, a 6.7% rise from the previous month and a 16.2% increase over a year earlier.

(CPV) - Vietjet Air on July 25th signed a partnership agreement with Japan Airlines to share code on routes between the two countries.

Cua Van fishing village has been named among the world’s 22 most enchanting towns and villages by Buzzfeed.

InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort has been listed among the eight most ideal places to organize a wedding by the US Cable News Network (CNN) website.

The Gia Lai provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has organized a seminar to strengthen tourism cooperation with businesses of Ho Chi Minh city.

The Central Highlands Province of Lam Dong of People’s Committee has planned for the 7th Da Lat Flower Festival 2017. As per the province's plan, the festival will take place from December 23rd to 27th, 2017.

Central Highlands localities have welcomed nearly 1.9 million visitors since early this year, a rise of 9 percent year on year, with tourism revenue of over VND2.9 trillion (USD127.57 million), up 14 percent.

The air route connecting from Dong Hoi city in the central coastal province of Quang Binh to Chiang Mai city in Thailand will be operated on August 11th by Jetstar Pacific, said the provincial Department of Tourism on July 19th.

Deputy Prime Minister (PM) Trinh Dinh Dung has agreed with the Ministry of Construction’s establishing an overall scheme for the building of Nui Coc lake national tourism area by 2025, with an orientation to 2030.

The latest announcement of Travel & Leisure magazine about readers’ rating of the world’s Top 15 cities revealed Hoi An ancient town ranked 7th with a total score of 90.31.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) will invest some VND12 trillion in increasing the operational capacity of three airports: Cat Bi, Phu Bai and Chu Lai.

The Superdong Con Dao I high speed ship has launched its first commercial sea transport route to Con Dao islands in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau.

The Saigon Railway Transport Branch has put into use a five-star modern train which was designed by domestic engineers.

The southern province of Dong Nai served over 2 million visitors in the first six months of this year, generating revenues of nearly VND640 billion (USD28.16 million), a respective rise of 9.4 percent and 12 percent year on year.

The national one-door aviation mechanism is expected to be officially implemented at Noi Bai International Airport this October.

The International Passenger Terminal of Da Nang International Airport is the first socialization project in the aviation sector, with a total investment capital of VND3.5 trillion (about USD153.7 million).

The first session of the Steering/Organizing Committees of National Tourism Year 2018 was commenced on July 12th, in Hanoi.

The 2017 Da Nang Kite Festival, titled “Let Dreams Fly”, will be held on July 15th-16th at My Khe Beach area, Son Tra district.

The central Quang Tri provincial People’s Committee on July 11th inaugurated a national flagpole and opened the Con Co island tourism route.

Vietjet Air has announced sales for flights connecting from Seoul, Busan (the Republic of Korea) to Siem Reap (Cambodia) in order to ease the travel of individuals, tourists and businessmen among the famous localities.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the Vietnam Tourism Association (VTA) held a ceremony in Hanoi on July 8 to honour leading tourism businesses in 2017.

(CPV) – The low-cost carrier Vietjet Air and German Operating Aircraft Leasing GmbH & Co. KG signed a strategic agreement to finance Vietjet’s acquisition of four brand new A321 aircrafts, worth USD464 million.

The website promoting Vietnam tourism at www.vietnamtourism.com has received a major upgrade to make it more attractive and user-friendly.

The alluring landscapes of Do Son, Hon Dau, Cat Ba island and many other historic and cultural sites helped the northern port city of Hai Phong draw 3.07 million holiday-makers in the first half of the year, up 10.7 percent from the same period in 2016.

On June 29th, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh (HCM) city People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong and General Director of Vietnam Airlines Duong Tri Thanh signed a deal for cooperative programs in the 2017-2021 period.

The first double-decker Hop on Hop off bus “City Tour” route was test-run on June 30th, around well-known relics in the capital Hanoi.

Ho Chi Minh city greeted 376,173 foreign tourist arrivals in June, a 16% increase year-on- year, reported the city Department of Tourism.

(CPV) - "Sustainable tourism can be so important in this world, because the tourists permit the growth of the economy, permit increased employment, and obviously promote the conservation of biological diversity," said the Peruvian delegate on sustainable tourism.