VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has granted approval to a pilot scheme aimed at welcoming back international visitors to Vietnam following long suspension of services due to COVID-19.

VOV.VN - A number of localities nationwide have announced plans to welcome back domestic travelers in November after months of suspending tourism services due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is making great efforts to pilot a vaccine passport scheme to welcome back international visitors to Phu Quoc island, a top tourist resort in the south, in October.

VOV.VN - Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which has deprived the tourism sector of international visitors, Le Hoang, a tour guide based in Hanoi, has found a creative and unique way of keeping tourism going.

Vietnam recorded over 88,200 international visitors in the first half of 2021, plunging 97.6% year on year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said on June 29.

Localities and all links in the tourism value chain need to join hands to boost domestic tourism, which is now a priority for the struggling industry’s recovery post-pandemic, tourism experts have said.