Some foreign travel agencies are waiting for the reopening of national borders to prepare detailed plans to bring tourists to Vietnam.

The train line linking Hanoi and the central city of Da Nang, operated by Vietnam’s Reunification Express, has recently been listed among the 10 best train journeys in the world by the Conde Nast Traveller – a prestigious travel magazine.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM Hanoi) 2020 is scheduled to get underway between November 18-21 after being postponed three times due to fears surrounding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.

Travelers start to make a list of destinations they want to escape to when COVID-19 is under control.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), along with the Vietnam Tourism Advisory Board (TAB), and Swiss Sustainable Tourism Programme (SSTP), have joined forces to launch a new ‘Green Travel’ section on the national tourism website.

Some 90-95% of the travel companies in HCM City have suspended operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the municipal Department of Tourism reported on August 24.

Travel firms have suffered great losses from thousands of recent tour cancellations due to a new outbreak of COVID-19, according to tourism associations.

VOV.VN - The CEWE Photo Award, the world's largest photo competition, has shared an incredible array of travel images from around the globe ahead of this year's contest, including one taken in Vietnam by a foreign photographer in Hoi An.

The resurgence of COVID -19 cases in Vietnam is proving even more challenging than the first wave, with surging community transmission and deaths, business leaders say.

VOV.VN - The second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic to hit Vietnam has continued to deal a devastating blow to small businesses, travel agencies, and tourist accommodations in the Old Quarter of Hanoi due to the suspension of operations.