Tours to popular destinations at home and abroad such as southwestern and northern provinces, Thailand, Bali (Indonesia), the Maldives, India, the Republic of Korea, Japan and European countries have been reserved.

Ben Thanh market in Ho Chi Minh City.

Deputy general director of the low-cost airline Vietjet Air Nguyen Thanh Son said communications is important to promote tourism programmes at home and abroad.

Head of the sale and marketing department at Vietnam Airlines Nguyen Dang Cuong said along with raising public awareness of COVID-19 prevention, promoting tourism is one of the solutions to support the sector’s recovery in the coming time.

The national flag carrier will carry out online registration for tourism promotion programmes for businesses, he said, adding that the airline will coordinate with enterprises to build a maximum discount of 50 percent, depending on the needs of travellers.

Vietnam greeted over 18 million international tourists in 2019, the highest level so far, according to the General Statistics Office.

The number showed a year-on-year rise of 16.2 percent. Tourists from Asia made up 79.9 percent of the total, up 19.1 percent, Europe up 6.4 percent, America up 7.7 percent, and Africa 12.2 percent.

In 2019, Vietnam was honoured with global prestigious prizes such as the World Golf Awards, the World Travel Awards, and Asia’s Best Destination.

Vietnam’s tourism competitiveness has continuously improved, standing 63th among 140 economies in the World Economic Forum rankings.

Smart tourism - a lever to develop Hanoi’s non-smoke industry

The Hanoi Department of Tourism and the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group’s Hanoi branch (VNPT Hanoi) have worked together to carry out a smart tourism project with a view to promoting the capital city’s non-smoke industry.

Vietnam’s first overseas tourism office opened in UK

The first overseas tourism office of Vietnam was officially opened in London, the UK, on February 18.

Khanh Hoa to restructure tourism, promote new products

Authorities in the south central province of Khanh Hoa have stepped up efforts to promote new tourism markets to mitigate the fallout of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Diplomatic tasks promote tourism development in Bac Giang province

(BGO) – Implementing the  Resolution of the Bac Giang provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board and Plan No.102/KH-UBND dated May 30, 2016 issued by the provincial People’s Committee about developing the tourism in Bac Giang province in the period 2016 – 2020, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DoFA) has actively communicated, introduced and promoted the image of culture, history and beauty of Bac Giang’s land and human to international friends.

Vietnam safe to travel around, tourism officials assure

Vietnamese tourism officials have stressed that the nation has the new coronavirus epidemic under control and it is a safe travel destination.

Source: VNA