A range of activities have been carried out to promote and recover Vietnam’s tourism sector once the COVID-19 pandemic is fully controlled.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has officially kick-started the Safe Vietnam Travel app in an effort to ensure travelers’ safety when making trips around Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A 30-second video titled “Why not Vietnam” will be broadcast on news broadcaster Cable News Network (CNN) of the United States starting from October 15 to advertise Vietnamese tourism worldwide.

Vietnam welcomed more than 3.68 million foreign visitors in the first nine months of this year, a year-on-year slump of 67.4%, heard a press conference held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Hanoi on October 14.

VOV.VN - A tourism promotion campaign running with the theme of “I love Sa Pa” has debuted with the aim of attracting greater numbers of tourists to the renowned northern town as the country moves past the second wave of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.

VOV.VN - A tourism campaign with the theme of “Da Nang Miss You” has been launched in an effort to attract more tourists as the central city fights to move past the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) period.

Vietnamese tourists can experience a trip to the Republic of Korea (RoK) from now to December 6 at the Lotte Center, Hanoi, through a programme hosted by the Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO).

VOV.VN - The Muong Lo Culture and Tourism Festival 2019 has been awarded the 2020 Gold Stevie Awards for Communications or PR Campaign of the Year.

VOV.VN - Young women across the country between the ages of 18 and 26 are being encouraged to participate in Miss Vietnam Tourism 2020, with organisers holding a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City on October 6 to mark the start of the national beauty contest.

VOV.VN - The central city of Da Nang, the country’s largest coronavirus hotspot two months ago, welcomed first holidaymakers on October 4, more than two months after its tourism services were suspended due to the resurgence of the virus.