VOV.VN - Local residents and visitors have flocked to pedestrian streets in the heart of Hanoi capital to go shopping and enjoy entertainment activities after a year of closure due to COVID-19.

The Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) will take place from March 31 to April 3, which is considered an event marking the reopening of the Vietnamese tourism sector in the new normal, said the Vietnam Tourism Association (VTA) at a press briefing to introduce the event on March 18.

Budget carrier Vietjet Air is offering COVID-19 RT-PCR tests free of charge to passengers on international flights.

Digital travel platform Agoda has revealed 10 countries with the highest numbers of tourists keen to travel to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Travel website Traveloffpath of the United States has positively assessed Vietnam’s latest entry regulations aimed at attracting more international visitors, in an article published on March 17.

VOV.VN - Two flights from Singapore and Bangkok (Thailand) are scheduled to bring international visitors to Da Nang city on March 27 to kick-start the resumption of international air routes after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The online travel fair Da Nang FantastiCity 2022 kicked off on March 17 as part of efforts to attract more tourists to the coastal city of Da Nang city and the central region as a whole.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will offer special discounts for all domestic flights and international flights to a number of countries departing between March 20 and December 31, 2022.

VOV.VN - A 500-metre road full of yellow flowers in the ParkCity Hanoi urban area in Ha Dong district attracted hundreds of people on March 16 as guests came to snap photos on the first day of the its opening.

VOV.VN - Anex Vietnam Travel and Trading Co., Ltd announced on March 17 that it has imposed a temporary suspension on welcoming Russian tourists to Nha Trang city in the southcentral province of Khanh Hoa.

VOV.VN - A festival showcasing hot air balloons is set to be held for the first time at the Hoai River Square in Hoi An City on March 25 and March 26 in response to the National Tourism Year-Quang Nam 2022.

VOV.VN - German media has recently highlighted the nation’s sustained efforts to revitalize its tourism industry following the country removing quarantine requirements for foreign arrivals.

VOV.VN - Following the Government lifting medical isolation requirements and restoring pre-pandemic visa procedures on March 15, local tour operators have promptly contacted foreign partners, offering them lucrative deals.

VOV.VN - Foreign visitors entering Vietnam no longer need to spend time in medical isolation, but a negative test is now necessary for entry, according to the latest COVID-19 policy for foreign travelers issued by the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - A senior government official affirms Vietnam will reopen its borders to international tourism in a safe and effective manner and without discrimination.

VOV.VN - Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi welcomed its first international flight operated by Singapore Airlines at noon of March 15, signaling the reopening of the nation’s borders to tourism from aboard and the wider recovery of the tourism and aviation industry.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s full reopening of inbound and outbound tourism activities from March 15 are anticipated to mark an important milestone in which the entire tourism industry can recover and prosper after a long hiatus of being heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to insiders

Nguyen Trung Khanh, General Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has stressed the need for ministries, agencies and localities to observe regulations on COVID-19 prevention and control unanimously as the country fully opens its doors to international tourists from March 15.

Danang FantastiCity 2022, an online travel fair, will take place from March 17 to 25 to help attract more visitors to Da Nang city and the central region as a whole as Vietnam will completely reopen to international tourists from March 15.

VOV.VN - One day ahead of March 15, the date when Vietnam reopens its doors to international tourism, all eyes are now on State management agencies which are required to introduce consistent regulations.

Mon sen is a local plant found only in the Tam Giang Lagoon in the central province of Thua Thien Hue.

A pedestrian street around the Son Tay ancient citadel in Hanoi’s Son Tay Town will be put into service on the Reunification Day (April 30) and Labor Day (May 1) holidays.

The central province of Quang Nam, which hosts the National Tourism Year 2022, has taken steps to upgrade its tourism products, destinations, tourism services and accommodation facilities since the beginning of the year so as to provide the best services to visitors.

VOV.VN - The Cham ethnic minority in Ninh Thuan province have become familiar with community-based tourism.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese tourism sector has been advised to improve its overall product quality, upgrade tourism infrastructure, and improve the skills of its workforce to thoroughly prepare for the reopening of international tourism in the future, according to industry insiders.

VOV.VN -The Tourism Advisory Board (TAB) has put forward a proposal to the Vietnamese Government to resume the unilateral visa exemption for tourists from the UK, Germany, Italy, France and Spain as part of the reopening of the international tourism, a move which is scheduled to start from March 15.

VOV.VN - Budget airlines Vietjet Air and Bamboo Airways have recently resumed several international air routes in order to meet the increasing demand for travel among people both in Vietnam and abroad.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) is proposing that people can enter Vietnam without certificates of COVID-19 vaccination or recovery but need to implement anti-pandemic measures.

VOV.VN - The northern border province of Quang Ninh is expected to welcome back visitors from March 15 as the locality strives to restore tourism services with 65 events and stimulus programmes to be launched this year, according to local authorities.

Some advisory bodies have pointed out the medical rules discouraging foreign tourists from coming to Vietnam, stressing that foreign and domestic travellers should receive the same treatment.