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 - The reopening of the cruise route between Bakhoi district in Guangxi of China and Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh will be the primary focus of an upcoming event being held in late March in Ha Long city, according to the Quang Ninh Department of Tourism.

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.

VOV.VN - With China officially resuming group tours to Vietnam on March 15, several Chinese travel firms have firmly backed the recovery of the Vietnamese market and are actively preparing tourism products in a bid to capitalise on opportunities during the upcoming holiday.

VOV.VN - The conference on tourism recovery is very important due to expectations about the recovery and breakthrough development of the sector actively contributing to the development of industries and fields directly related to it, as well as the country's socio-economic development.

Vietnam and Australia have reached the targets set in the action plan for implementing the strategic partnership in the 2020 - 2023 period despite impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Dr Nguyen Hong Hai from the Centre for Policy Futures at the University of Queensland of Australia.

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 - Vietnam should revise its inefficient visa policy or it will lose out to regional neighbours in attracting foreign travelers, said experts at a recent seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City.

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 - Several tour operators in Ho Chi Minh City revealed that all of their inbound and outbound tours have been fully booked ahead of National Reunification Day on April 30 and May Day, according to industry insiders.