The Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) has recently welcomed 400 Chinese tourists entering Vietnam through the Lao Cai International Border Gate on the first charter train under a cooperation programme between the Lao Cai Department of Tourism and VNR.

Despite the increase in the frequency of night flights, tourists and travel agencies are not opting for this option due to the limited availability of services at their destinations during nighttime.

Vietnamese travel agencies are attending ITB Asia 2023 - the leading travel trade show of Asia which kicked off at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore on October 25.

Dozens of Indonesian and Vietnamese travel agencies met in an exchange on April 12 to create more tourism products for Vietnamese and Indonesian people.

The return of Chinese tourists, along with domestic efforts, is expected to revive the smokeless industry in the Year of the Cat.

After six months of complete reopening to tourists, Vietnam’s tourism activities have been bounced back.

A group of about 20 buyers from travel agencies in Australia took a famtrip to the south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan from September 10 – 12.

The 16th Ho Chi Minh City International Tourism Expo themed “Growing Forward Together” kicked off in the city on September 8.

With passion, enthusiasm, and a great deal of effort, local people in the Dong Ngu water puppetry village in Ngu Thai commune, Thuan Thanh district, in Bac Ninh province have sought a way to revive its glory days and reaffirm the vitality of their ancestors’ age-old practice.

As the country gets ready to welcome international tourists, travel agencies are hard at work preparing for their arrivals.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is preparing for a pilot plan on welcoming international tourists with vaccine passports to its Phu Quoc resort island for six months from October in a bid to revive its tourism industry.

Although the domestic tourism is bouncing back, travel agencies still emphasise the need to open border for tourists from certain countries to reboot the industry.

Travel agencies and localities are making plans to stimulate domestic tourism and give priority to small-group tours to destinations near their homes.

Admist the complicated development of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic, most travel agencies across the country have introduced alternative plans for tours to northern province of Quang Ninh.

Ho Chi Minh City’s travel firms have announced a number of domestic tours for Tet (Lunar New Year) with huge discounts and promotions.

More policies are needed to help the tourism sector and travel agencies overcome difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

In the context of COVID-19 returning from July, the General Statistics Office (GSO) continues to conduct a survey on impacts of the pandemic on production and business activities for the second time.

More than 20 travel agencies including hotels, resorts and tour operators have registered for the Can Tho’s tourism stimulus programme, according to the city's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Tourism services at popular destinations in the ancient town of Hoi An, the central province of Quang Ngai, is set to open from June 1 after being closed for two months to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Indonesia will cut prices of airline tickets by 40 to 50 percent in a move to encourage tourism development amidst the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.