The number of Thai tourists visiting Vietnam posted the highest growth in the January-April period.

VOV.VN - Following the Lunar New Year festival (Tet), both local and foreign airlines have opened a range of new air routes to tourist destinations across Vietnam with low-cost air tickets priced from VND149,000.

Bangkok Airways’ first flight from Thailand’s Bangkok capital city landed in Cam Ranh International Airport in Vietnam’s central province of Khanh Hoa on January 25 afternoon.

Bangkok Airways has announced its new flight route linking Cam Ranh and Bangkok. The airline will offer four flights a week on a 144-seater Airbus A319 aircraft, starting from January 25 next year.

Bangkok Airways will launch the first direct flight from Hanoi to Chiang Mai and vice versa, from March 25 this year.

Vietnam Airlines and Bangkok Airways of Thailand have inked a codeshare agreement on air routes between the two countries.

The first Bangkok Airways flight from Thailand’s capital city Bangkok landed in resort Phu Quoc Island, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, on October 29, carrying 63 passengers.

Foreign air carriers are opening new air routes to Vietnam to keep up with their competitors.

VOV.VN - Bangkok Airways has announced it will operate a direct air route from Bangkok to Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang as from October 29 as part of the two countries’ tourism cooperation program aiming to meet international tourists’ growing travel demand.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of people, mostly foreign visitors have registered to run Hoi An International Marathon 2017 scheduled for September 17.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced that four new flights to ASEAN destinations will begin in the second half of this year.

Bangkok Airways has opened a new air route linking Bangkok and Danang with four weekly flights on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.