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Although there are still two months left until Tet, air tickets to some destinations for Vietnam’s biggest holiday are nearly sold out, with prices for remaining seats double the norm. After the government approved a seven-day Lunar New Year holiday break from Feb. 8 to 14, 2024, Do Manh in …

Hanoi has been honored as the world’s leading city break destination 2023 at the World Travel Awards ceremony held recently in Dubai, the UAE, the city Tourism Department said on Monday. In the second time it has won this title, the capital city surpassed many other outstanding nominees such as …

The resort also won Best Luxury Wedding Resort in Southeast Asia, and Best Luxury Lifestyle Resort in Vietnam at the World Travel Awards. Shilla Monogram Quangnam Danang, owned by Thanh Cong Group, is the first global property managed by Shilla Hotels & Resorts in Vietnam. Framed against the view of …

Budget carrier Vietjet Air announced Monday it would launch a new air route connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Laos’ capital Vientiane beginning next February. The four weekly flights of one hour and 45 minutes each leg come as the regional tourism market rebounds after a slump. The carrier announced …

Overall passenger figures in October 2023 recovered to 90.7% of 2019 levels, the highest percentage since the Covid pandemic struck. The main factor contributed to the growth was attributed by passenger traffic between Singapore and South Korea which eclipsed pre-pandemic levels by 36%. According to Singapore’s Changi Airport Group (CAG) …

Indian travel magazine Outlook Traveller has recently shared a list of popular tourist swindles in Vietnam that foreigners regularly fall prey to, including taxi and coconut seller frauds. The magazine advised tourists to be careful with motorbike scams, and only rent vehicles from reputable stores that have been well-rated by …

Authorities in Dubai sentenced a British tourist to three months in jail for insulting airline staff over a wheelchair for his mother. The man who cursed at an airport employee in a transit area of Dubai International Airport was handed the sentence late last month by the Dubai Court of …

All foreigners now traveling to Malaysia must complete a digital arrival card online three days before entering the country, its immigration department has announced. The new requirement took effect from December 1 as the Southeast Asian country seeks to improve existing immigration facilities to attract foreign tourists and generate national …

A person known to the French authorities as a radical Islamist with mental health troubles stabbed a German tourist to death and wounded two people in central Paris on Saturday before being arrested, officials said. The attack took place close to the Eiffel Tower during a busy weekend night and …

Vietjet Air has inaugurated a new route connecting Ho Chi Minh City and China’s Shanghai, facilitating convenient and easy travel for both residents and tourists. The route operates with seven round trips per week, with a flight time of just over 4 hours per leg. With these new routes, flyers …