VOV.VN - Ha Van Sieu, vice chairman of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) received Andrew White, head of global growth and international ad sales at Discovery Inc., in Hanoi on May 10 to discuss the possibility of popularizing Vietnam’s tourism abroad.

The five million tourists during the recent four-day April-May holiday have helped the tourism industry recover.

Hanoi is holding a myriad of events and tours to capitalise on the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) to popularise images of the capital and Vietnam as a whole among international friends.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has moved up 30 notches to rank 62nd in the latest edition of Nikkei’s COVID-19 Recovery Index thanks to the country’s high vaccination rate.

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Anh Tuan, head of the information and communications subcommittee for SEA Games 31, presided over a meeting on May 6 to review preparations for the event.

VOV.VN - A tourism festival themed ‘Hanoi – Come to Love’ will take place in the capital from May 13-15, introducing to visitors new, impressive tourism products, said organisers at a press briefing on May 6.

VOV.VN - Vietnam along with Thailand, India, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Mongolia, and the Republic of Korea, ranked mid-table for tourism recovery, according to the travel-ready index 2022 released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

VOV.VN - The 18th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival is expected to promote tourism activities taking place in provinces and cities nationwide, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Cuisine and Craft Village Tourism Festival is scheduled to welcome visitors from May 12 to May 23 on Le Quang Dao street in Nam Tu Liem district.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will play host to the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in May, the major international event that presents a golden opportunity for the domestic tourism sector to attract foreign visitors after two years of closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.