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Domestic carriers have opened their ticket sales for Tet, Vietnam’s biggest holiday, and increased flight frequency to meet peak travel demand. Vietnam Airlines and its subsidiaries Pacific Airlines and Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO) plan to operate 10,000 to 11,000 flights, or around two million seats, from Jan. 16 to …

Vietnamese carriers and travel firms are preparing to revive their businesses on the premise of the government approving the resumption of international flights. A representative of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines said the government’s decision to reopen regular international flights from January 1 was a positive sign for the recovery …

Vietnamese budget carrier Bamboo Airways announced Friday it would launch a direct service connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Australia’s Melbourne early next year to meet growing demand. Initially, there will be two weekly return flights using the wide-body aircraft Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, and this will be increased to four …

Vietnam and India have agreed to work toward recognizing each other’s vaccine passports and soon resume direct flights to facilitate travel demand. During a meeting in New Delhi on Thursday, Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Speaker of the Lok Sabha (House of Representatives) of India Om Birla …

Hong Kong authorities have banned Cathay Pacific flights from HCMC for two weeks starting December 10 after three passengers on a flight tested positive for Covid-19. Two women, 27 and 48, and a man, 57, arrived in Hong Kong last Wednesday from the Vietnamese city, The Standard newspaper reported quoting …

Residents and visitors can see HCMC in a completely new light with a 30-minute water bus ride, enjoying the sunset and watching the city don its shimmering nightwear.     Water bus ride shows off HCMC in glittering fashion Short water bus ride shows off HCMC in glittering fashion

Authorities in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, home to popular tourist town Vung Tau, have allowed hotels, resorts and restaurants in low and medium Covid-risk areas to reopen from Friday. In those areas, authorities also permitted tourist spots, museums, movie theaters and religious sites to reopen. Non-essential services like karaoke parlors, …

The government has approved the resumption of international flights between Vietnam and nine destinations that have managed high vaccination rates and good pandemic control on January 1. They are San Francisco or Los Angeles (the U.S.), Singapore, Bangkok (Thailand), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Vientiane (Laos), Beijing/Guangzhou (China), Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South …

HCMC wants the government to allow the resumption of international flights this month to enable foreign tourists to visit. In a proposal they submitted to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh Wednesday, city authorities said the Covid-19 pandemic is basically under control with high vaccination rates, and with the healthcare system …

Authorities in HCMC have launched a boat tour at night on the Saigon River as part of efforts to increase tourism options. The tour run by Thuong Nhat Co. Ltd. will begin at the Bach Dang Wharf in District 1 and end at Binh An Wharf in Thu Duc City. …