Vietnam is increasingly emerging as a preferred destination for Philippine travellers, welcoming over 482,000 arrivals in 2025, as ASEAN visa exemption policies provide favourable conditions for enhanced tourism cooperation and closer bilateral exchanges.

VOV.VN - A group of Philippine journalists and judges of the BrightLeaf Agricultural Journalism Awards said in an article published in The Philippine Star that they had found the “answer” to Vietnam’s recent tourism boom after a trip to central Vietnam.

The Vietnam Coast Guard has brought ashore a Filippino sailor fall ill aboard a China’s Hong Kong-flagged vessel off the coast of southern Ba Ria - Vung Tau province for treatment.

VOV.VN - VinFast, the electric vehicle maker of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, officially launched its five-seater VF 7 electric SUV in the Philippines on October 24, marking the third VinFast vehicle to go on sale in the market after the VF 5 and VF 3 models.

VOV.VN - A famtrip group consisting of over 39 travel firms in the Philippines scoped out a range of tourist attractions in the central localities of Thua Thien-Hue and Da Nang from May 14 to May 15.

VOV.VN - A famtrip team comprising of 60 Filipino travel firms conducted a trip to the coastal city of Da Nang, Hoi An Ancient City, and Hue from January 6 to January 11 in order to survey popular tourist attractions around the localities.

VOV.VN - Tourists from the Philippines make up the biggest spenders, with their spending rising from US$1,124 in 2017 to US$2,257 in 2019 per trip during their trip to Vietnam.

Vietnam’s maritime search and rescue forces have brought two injured Filipino sailors on board a Panama’s vessel to the central province of Khanh Hoa for emergency treatment.

VOV.VN - Vessel KN 464 of the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance (VFRS) Division No.4 rescued a Filipino fisherman on November 9 while drifting in waters around the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands.

VOV.VN - A sailor from the Philippines was rescued in Vietnamese waters on May 25 by a Vietnamese marine rescue team after suffering from severe abdominal pain.