Vietnam Airlines conducted the first regular flight from Beijing (China) to Hanoi on March 19 after a three-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Three Vietnamese flight attendants have been arrested at Tan Son Nhat International Airport after being found trying to illegally smuggle in over 10kg of drugs and ecstasy pills from France.

VOV.VN - Da Nang, a tourist hotspot in central Vietnam, is hastening to relaunch direct air routes between it and Chinese localities to welcome the return of Chinese holidaymakers.

An investigation agency under the Ministry of Public Security on March 15 officially launched probes into a former staff member of the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia and eight others for suspected wrongdoings related to repatriation flights amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has signed a decision to impose a disciplinary measure of warning on Mai Tien Dung, former member of the Party Central Committee, former Secretary of the Party Committee and former Minister-Chairman of the Government Office for his violations and shortcomings in his work.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has unveiled that it will move to increase the number of flights between the nation and India by 30% as of March 26 in order to meet the rising demand for travel among tourists from the two countries.

VOV.VN - The Chinese Government has decided to add Vietnam to its list of countries which will play host to a pilot programme for reopening to group tours as part of the northern neighbours second phase of emerging from the pandemic.

VOV.VN - Low-cost airline VietJet Air has said people nationwide will have the opportunity to easily fly to the Australian cities of Melbourne and Sydney, with the price of domestic connecting flights through Ho Chi Minh City starting from VND0.

VOV.VN - Lao Airlines, the national flag carrier of Laos, is scheduled to resume regular commercial flights from Vientiane capital to Da Nang (central Vietnam) from March 30 following a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.

Bookings for flights from the UK to Malaysia and Vietnam are up by more than 2,200% against early last year when both countries were still closed to international tourists, according to CNN, which cited data from travel service provider Flight Centre UK.