The central city of Da Nang resumed inbound and outbound international commercial flights from March 27 after two years of interruption due to COVID-19.

Vietnam’s aviation industry is targeting about 43 million passengers in 2022, including eight million international tourists, or around 50% of pre-pandemic numbers, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

The reopening of international flights to Vietnam after more than one year of closure, coupled with the country’s bright prospect for economic recovery, will help accelerate the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI).

Budget carrier Vietjet Air is offering COVID-19 RT-PCR tests free of charge to passengers on international flights.

VOV.VN - Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi welcomed its first international flight operated by Singapore Airlines at noon of March 15, signaling the reopening of the nation’s borders to tourism from aboard and the wider recovery of the tourism and aviation industry.

The industrial real estate market is expected to boom thanks to good signs in foreign direct investment (FDI) and the resumption of international flights, predicted experts from Savills Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has resumed international air routes to/from 20 countries and territories, and local airlines are currently considering opening up more routes to the Middle East and Turkey.

VOV.VN - Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City was left quiet on February 16, the second day of international flights resuming.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will resume operating an air route linking Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), starting on February 17.

VOV.VN - Despite Vietnam officially lifting COVID-19 restrictions on international flights from February 15, the restoration of international air routes will largely be dependent on bilateral negotiations with its partners, according to insiders.