Flights to Noi Bai int’l airport asked to be minimised
Flights to Noi Bai int’l airport asked to be minimised

Deputy Transport Minister Le Anh Tuan on August 10 sent a document to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) asking it to minimise the number of flights to Hanoi's Noi Bai international airport.

Flights to Noi Bai int’l airport asked to be minimised
Local cake among world’s top 100 delicious cakes
Local cake among world’s top 100 delicious cakes

VOV.VN - Tasteatlas, a renowned website for foodies globally, has named Vietnamese dish Pig Skin Cake among its top 100 Most Popular Cakes in the world.

Local cake among world’s top 100 delicious cakes
Sashimi-like salad offered in Thanh Hoa
Sashimi-like salad offered in Thanh Hoa

Nga Son District in Thanh Hoa Province in the north has a popular raw fish salad whose main ingredient is ca nhech, or nhech fish (pisodonophis boro).

Sashimi-like salad offered in Thanh Hoa
HCM City – Hanoi passenger flights suspended
HCM City – Hanoi passenger flights suspended

VOV.VN - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has decided to suspend all regular passenger flights between localities that are implementing social distancing measures, including Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

HCM City – Hanoi passenger flights suspended
Inscription of Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex to World Heritage List
Inscription of Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex to World Heritage List

Government Spokesperson Anucha Burapachaisri stated that Prime Minister and Defense Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha was pleased with the decision made by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to add Thailand’s Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex in the World Heritage List.

Inscription of Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex to World Heritage List
Visit the beautiful neighbor of Ha Long Bay
Visit the beautiful neighbor of Ha Long Bay

Lan Ha—a bay in the shape of an arc, which accommodates more than 400 lush-green islets—offers a wonderful landscape.

Visit the beautiful neighbor of Ha Long Bay
Tourists to have more experience by travelling on trains with steam engines
Tourists to have more experience by travelling on trains with steam engines

Travellers are set to have an opportunity to experience Vietnam’s beauty on trains with steam locomotives.

Tourists to have more experience by travelling on trains with steam engines
Phan Thiet to become national hub of tourism, marine sports
Phan Thiet to become national hub of tourism, marine sports

VOV.VN - Located in the south-central province of Binh Thuan, Phan Thiet city has devised a plan which aims to turn the locality into a national tourism and marine sport centre by 2025.

Phan Thiet to become national hub of tourism, marine sports
Tranquil village by largest brackish lagoon in Southeast Asia
Tranquil village by largest brackish lagoon in Southeast Asia

Chuon Village in Phu Vang District, seven kilometers from Hue City, Thua Thien-Hue Province, boasts distinctive local culture as well as specialties, it is on the bank of Tam Giang brackish lagoon—the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia.

Tranquil village by largest brackish lagoon in Southeast Asia
Binh Duong’s specialty fruit salad
Binh Duong’s specialty fruit salad

Visitors to Binh Duong Province should taste the local chicken salad with mangosteen—one of the most well-known specialties there.

Binh Duong’s specialty fruit salad
Virtual tours bring atmosphere of Hanoi to foreign viewers
Virtual tours bring atmosphere of Hanoi to foreign viewers

VOV.VN - Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which has deprived the tourism sector of international visitors, Le Hoang, a tour guide based in Hanoi, has found a creative and unique way of keeping tourism going.

Virtual tours bring atmosphere of Hanoi to foreign viewers
Hoa Lo Prison Spotify channel debuts
Hoa Lo Prison Spotify channel debuts

Hanoi’s Hoa Lo Prison now has an official podcast channel on music streaming service Spotify, aiming to bring the Vietnamese history closer to public audience, particularly young people, according to its management board.

Hoa Lo Prison Spotify channel debuts
Rau rut - a special veggie of Vinh Phuc locals
Rau rut - a special veggie of Vinh Phuc locals

Locals in Vinh Phuc Province’s Thuong Trung District are very proud of their rau rút or nhút, known as water mimosa in English, a green, reed-like vegetable that grows in freshwater ponds or lakes.

Rau rut - a special veggie of Vinh Phuc locals
TIME lists three Vietnamese cities as world’s greatest places
TIME lists three Vietnamese cities as world’s greatest places

VOV.VN - Three Vietnamese cities, namely Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Phu Quoc, have been named among the list of the world’s 100 greatest places in 2021 by Time magazine.

TIME lists three Vietnamese cities as world’s greatest places
Ninh Binh specialties from mountain goat
Ninh Binh specialties from mountain goat

Aside from the beautiful mountainscape and caves in Trang An and Tam Coc-Bich Dong, Ninh Binh Province is also famed for its specialties made of goats that live on limestone mountains.

Ninh Binh specialties from mountain goat
Hanoi records sharp drop in domestic tourist numbers
Hanoi records sharp drop in domestic tourist numbers

VOV.VN - The total number of domestic travelers visiting Hanoi in July stood at an estimated 17,000, representing a sharp decline of 98.6% year on year, according to the Hanoi Department of Tourism.

Hanoi records sharp drop in domestic tourist numbers
Two Hanoi-HCM City round-trip flights run daily starting July 22
Two Hanoi-HCM City round-trip flights run daily starting July 22

There will be only two round trip passenger flights daily between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the nation’s largest pandemic hotspot, starting 0:00 on July 22.

Two Hanoi-HCM City round-trip flights run daily starting July 22
A unique side dish from Binh Dinh
A unique side dish from Binh Dinh

Pickled shrimps are among the most popular side dishes in Vietnam’s central coast region.

A unique side dish from Binh Dinh
Travel firms look forward to safe tourism map of Vietnam
Travel firms look forward to safe tourism map of Vietnam

Many travel businesses are looking forward to the introduction of Vietnam’s safe tourism map to “live in peace” with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Travel firms look forward to safe tourism map of Vietnam
Pilot scheme to welcome foreign arrivals to Phu Quoc granted approval
Pilot scheme to welcome foreign arrivals to Phu Quoc granted approval

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Transport has agreed on the contents of a pilot project which aims to welcome back international tourists to Phu Quoc island city in the southern province of Kien Giang.

Pilot scheme to welcome foreign arrivals to Phu Quoc granted approval
Blossoming Hoa Giay flowers beautify Hanoi during summer
Blossoming Hoa Giay flowers beautify Hanoi during summer

VOV.VN - The streets of Hanoi have become even more beautiful in recent days thanks to the colourful emergence of the blossoming Hoa Giay, also known as great bougainvillea, which is an integral part of daily life for many of the capital’s residents.

Blossoming Hoa Giay flowers beautify Hanoi during summer
Flights to several southern localities to be suspended
Flights to several southern localities to be suspended

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) recently sent a dispatch asking domestic airlines to suspend flights to and from airports in several southern cities and provinces that are under social distancing measures from July 19.

Flights to several southern localities to be suspended
Explore two local travel experiences in Hoi An, HCM City
Explore two local travel experiences in Hoi An, HCM City

VOV.VN - TripAdvisor has named two Vietnamese activities among the world's 25 best travel experiences, including a motorbike tour from Hue to Hoi An and a street food tour of various delicacies found throughout Ho Chi Minh City.

Explore two local travel experiences in Hoi An, HCM City
Binh Dinh asked to welcome return of foreign tourists under pilot scheme
Binh Dinh asked to welcome return of foreign tourists under pilot scheme

VOV.VN - Property developer FLC Group has put forward a proposal that the south-central coasta province of Binh Dinh should consider a pilot plan aimed at welcoming the return of international tourists with vaccine passports via charter flights to the province.

Binh Dinh asked to welcome return of foreign tourists under pilot scheme
Phu Quoc, Khanh Hoa prepared to welcome back international tourists
Phu Quoc, Khanh Hoa prepared to welcome back international tourists

VOV.VN - The resort island of Phu Quoc in the southern province of Kien Giang is planning to vaccinate its residents and tourism workers against COVID-19 in preparation for launching its pilot policy aimed at welcoming back international tourists in the future.

Phu Quoc, Khanh Hoa prepared to welcome back international tourists
Survey: over 60% of Japanese want to visit Vietnam
Survey: over 60% of Japanese want to visit Vietnam

More than 63.4% of respondents in a survey conducted by the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) said they want to go to Vietnam for sightseeing, and a high percentage of those who had visited the country (over 70%) want to go again.

Survey: over 60% of Japanese want to visit Vietnam
COVID-19: HCM City records nearly 900 new cases over six hours
COVID-19: HCM City records nearly 900 new cases over six hours

VOV.VN - An additional 982 locally acquired and an imported coronavirus cases have been detected in 16 cities and provinces across Vietnam during the past six hours, mostly in Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s largest coronavirus hotspot.

COVID-19: HCM City records nearly 900 new cases over six hours
Northern snail noodle soup
Northern snail noodle soup

Among the culinary delights in Hanoi, snail noodle soup is fascinating to many northerners.

Northern snail noodle soup
ASEAN+3 nations discuss solutions to tourism recovery
ASEAN+3 nations discuss solutions to tourism recovery

The 39th online meeting of ASEAN+3 (China, Japan and Republic of Korea) National Tourism Organisations discussed the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism activities and worked out solutions, reported the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

ASEAN+3 nations discuss solutions to tourism recovery
Phu Quoc to welcome 40,000 foreign tourists under pilot scheme
Phu Quoc to welcome 40,000 foreign tourists under pilot scheme

VOV.VN - Phu Quoc island, a famous tourist destination in Vietnam, is likely to receive between 2,000 and 3,000 tourists per month through charter flights touching down on the island for the first three months of a trial scheme aimed at welcoming back international tourists.

Phu Quoc to welcome 40,000 foreign tourists under pilot scheme
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