Tourism

The International Hot Air Balloons Festival 2017 started at the Hue Imperial Citadel (Dai Noi) in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on April 30th.

(CPV) – The low-cost carrier Vietjet Air will launch its new domestic route from Hanoi to Dong Hoi city in the central coastal province of Quang Binh from June 1st, 2017, with tickets priced from only VND99,000 (USD4.36).

(CPV) – After two weeks of pilot operation of a tour to Con Co Island in Quang Tri province, the island has greeted 700 tourists, reported the island district People’s Committee on April 25th.

After detailed surveys, the Lao Cai provincial People’s Committee decided to recognize three tourism destinations and five routes in Bac Ha district.

On the basis of visitor arrivals and reservations at hotels, the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien is expected to receive more than 51,000 travellers in April 2017, especially those during Hung Kings’ death anniversary and April 30th holidays.

(CPV) - The budget carrier Vietjet Air will launch its most outstanding promotional campaign ever, “Free summer, Fly for free” from April 25th to June 15th, 2017; which offers one million promotional tickets priced from only USD0 within the golden hours 12:00-14:00 at www.vietjetair.com.

Aiming to bring comfort and safety to travelers and contribute to the success of the 2017 sea tourism season, the Cua Lo town People’s Committee has established a team to provide advice and support to tourists.

The northern mountainous province of Son La is making adjustments to its master plan on tourism development while asking the Government to help it develop local traffic infrastructure.

(CPV) - The five-star Sun Spa Resort has been chosen as the destination to organize the national costume contest of Miss Grand International in the central coastal province of Quang Binh.

The Ban Gioc Waterfall tourism area will be developed into a key tourism destination of the northeastern mountainous province of Cao Bang and Vietnam; contributing to speeding up the provincial and regional socio-economic development in combination with protecting security and national defence.

A fireworks display in combination with art light and music performances in the Thu Thiem area, with the background of Saigon River, are scheduled to be held for the first time during the April 30th holiday.

Carnaval festival, a special tourism product which has been part of the Ha Long – Quag Ninh Tourism Week for 10 consecutive years, will be suspended in 2017, to well prepare for 2018 National Tourism Year in Quang Ninh.

The Ovation of the Seas cruise ship has docked at Tan Cang Cai Mep Port in Ba Ria – Vung Tau province to start its four-day tour of the southern and central region of Vietnam.

(CPV) -Quang Binh has completed formalities to open two new flight routes to Hai Phong and Chiang Mai (Thailand), said Mr. Ho An Phong, Director of the provincial Department of Tourism.

Vietnam always creates optimal conditions for investors in the country, especially in tourism, vowed Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a meeting with executives of Sun Group, one of the major investors with large tourism projects in Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on April 13th.

A seminar took place in the central coastal province of Ha Tinh on April 13th to discuss solutions to help the local tourism sector recover from the consequences of the marine environment incident last year.

Vietnam ranked 67th among 136 countries and territories globally on the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2017, recently released by the World Economic Forum.

The Ho Chi Minh city Department of Tourism has signed a Memorandum of Understand (MoU) with Japan’s city Nagano as part of the city’s trade and investment promotion activities in Japan from April 6th to 15th, 2017, reported the Saigon Times.

From April 12th, 2017, Hoi An city expanded its pedestrian space to ease the overcrowding around some tourist attractions.

In the first three months of the year, about 1 million tourists visited Nam Dan district in the central province of Nghe An, for a gross turnover of about VND15 billion (USD0.66 million).

Thua Thien-Hue province Department of Tourism has coordinated with Da Nang Department of Tourism and Quang Nam Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to publicize the tourism brand identity of the three localities.

Promotion has become more crucial than ever for tourism development in a globalised, competitive market, Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Huynh Vinh Ai said.

Three community-based tourism areas and five homestays in Vietnam have been granted ASEAN awards at the Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) Hanoi 2017, in Hanoi.

Tourism cooperation potential between Vietnam and Indonesia was highlighted at the programme “Indonesia Tourism Table Top in Vietnam 2017”, held by Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism and the Indonesian Embassy in Hanoi on April 5th.

The Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2017 kicked off on April 5th at the International Exhibition Centre in Hanoi.

The Khau Pha Paragliding Festival will be held on May 13th and 14th around Khau Pha Mountain Pass as part of the 2017 Yen Bai Tourism Year.

The Steering Committee for the Northwest held a meeting in Hanoi on April 3rd to look into ways to transform tourism into a spearhead industry in the region by 2030.

The Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee has announced a list of 53 business establishments which meet the standards to serve tourists.

A conference to connect tourism products and develop air routes from the central coastal province of Quang Binh (Vietnam) to Chiang Mai (Thailand) was held on March 30th.

On March 28th, Japan Tourism Agency, Japan National Tourism Organisation and Vietnam National Administration of Tourism signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to intensify two-way tourism exchange between the two countries.