VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival 2026 opened on April 2, featuring a festival space combining culture and technology and reaffirming its role as a key tourism promotion event.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s aviation and tourism industries are seeking to respond to soaring fuel prices with cost controls, route optimisation, and flexible travel products to sustain growth.

After the Lunar New Year (Tet) peak, domestic tourism market has maintained steady momentum, with stable visitor flows reported across many localities and nature-based and cultural – spiritual tourism products popular, reflecting a growing preference for short and experience-oriented trips in the early months of 2026.

The central city of Hue is stepping up efforts to position itself among Vietnam’s leading green tourism destinations, moving towards a net-zero tourism model with balanced emissions.

VOV.VN - Tourism in Hanoi saw strong growth in the first quarter of 2026, with international arrivals reaching nearly 2.4 million, up 28.7% year on year, driving total visitor numbers to over 8.8 million, up 20.5%.

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 Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the northern province of Bac Ninh and the Culture and Tourism Foundation of Jeonbuk– a special self-governing province of the Republic of Korea, have signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance cultural exchange and tourism development between the two localities.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in coordination with the Gia Lai provincial People’s Committee, held a forum titled “Gia Lai Tourism – Potential and Prospects” on March 27, bringing together more than 200 policymakers, experts, investors, and tourism businesses from home and abroad.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City will introduce helicopter sightseeing tours for the first time during the upcoming Reunification Day (April 30) and International Workers' Day (May 1) holiday period, offering visitors panoramic aerial views of the southern metropolis and its surrounding areas.