The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has required airlines to build plans to increase flights and arrange night flights to meet the travel needs of people during the 2014 New Year and Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays based on existing aviation infrastructure and security and safety work.

Vietnam Airlines and Turkish Airlines signed an agreement on November 29 to promote cooperation in the field of air cargo transport to bring long-term value to customers and both airlines.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Transport has requested that Vietnamese airlines arrange more night flights to meet the increasing demand for passenger transportation in the coming New Year and lunar New Year holidays.

A flight departing from Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture landed at Van Don International Airport in Vietnam’s northeastern province of Quang Ninh on November 16, marking the first direct flight between the destinations.

VOV.VN - Local budget-airline VietJet Air is set to increase the number of flights connecting Vietnam to major Australian cities to 48 per week, starting from December 1.

VOV.VN - Several companies have announced plans to increase direct flights connecting the major Kazakh cities of Almaty and Astana with Khanh Hoa province in southcentral Vietnam as part of efforts to meet the travel demand needs of tourists for the winter vacation season.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced that it plans to launch a route linking the Da Nang International Airport with Bangkok-based Don Mueang International Airport, with flights starting from November 29.

VOV.VN - The central city of Da Nang held its first-ever tourism promotion programme in Manila in the Philippines on October 23, with the occasion drawing the participation of 14 Vietnamese travel firms and 150 Filipino businesses.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attaches importance to strengthening traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Sri Lanka, in order to take bilateral relations to new heights, President Vo Van Thuong told his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe on October 18.

VOV.VN - Phu Quoc, which is Vietnam’s largest island off the coast of the southern province of Kien Giang, will receive more international flights moving into the year-end and new-year period, bringing about many positive developments for the local tourism industry.