Phu Quoc Airport ramps up operations as international arrivals soar
Travel 17:07 05/01/2026Phu Quoc International Airport in Phu Quoc Special Zone, an island in An Giang Province, southern Vietnam, is operating at full capacity to handle a record surge of international visitors, with around 80 flights arriving daily as the island cements its status as a top tourist destination in early 2026.
Hanoi sets new record for tourist arrivals over 4-day New Year holiday
Travel 17:36 04/01/2026Hanoi welcomed a record number of tourist arrivals during the four-day New Year holiday from January 1 to 4, with the capital receiving around 560,000 visitors, a surge of roughly 250 percent year on year, according to the city’s Department of Tourism.
Int’l tourists gravitate to Vietnam’s Phu Quoc for day-to-night activities on New Year’s Day
Economy 14:23 02/01/2026Phu Quoc Special Zone, administered by An Giang Province in southern Vietnam, welcomed nearly 7,000 foreign visitors on January 1, 2026, with many enjoying the island’s high-end attractions from daytime sightseeing through night-time entertainment.
Tourists pack Vietnam’s Hoi An despite returning floodwaters
Travel 10:31 04/11/2025Floodwaters rose again in Vietnam’s central ancient town of Hoi An on Monday but large numbers of visitors continued to pack the old streets, even before residents finished clearing mud from last week’s historic deluge.
Tourists spend over $8bn in Ho Chi Minh City during January-October
Economy 16:28 03/11/2025Ho Chi Minh City welcomed some 40 million tourists between January and October, with visitors spending more than VND208 trillion (US$8 billion) during the period, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.
Ho Chi Minh City considers resuming operations of electric tourist vehicles
Economy 13:09 29/08/2025Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are considering reinstating four-wheeled electric tourist vehicles, which were suspended on July 1, 2025.
Ho Chi Minh City launches tourism stimulus to draw visitors
Economy 07:19 21/08/2025Ho Chi Minh City is ramping up efforts to boost its tourism sector with a series of promotional programs and activities targeting both international and local travelers.
Ho Chi Minh City clamps down on laughing gas, narcotics, prostitution at Bui Vien Walking Street
Ho Chi Minh City 11:47 13/08/2025Authorities in Ben Thanh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, have taken decisive actions to address security and social order violations along Bui Vien Walking Street, focusing on the illegal trade of laughing gas, narcotics use, and prostitution.
Historic site in Vietnam’s Dak Lak defaced with inappropriate writings, drawings
Travel 13:48 10/08/2025Nhan Tower, a national historic site in Dak Lak Province, has been defaced with inappropriate writings and drawings by irresponsible visitors, causing public discomfort and concern, as reported by a reader named Le Tan Thoi to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.
Two Vietnamese tourists die at sea in Greece amid gale-force winds
Vietnam News 10:10 10/08/2025Two Vietnamese tourists died at sea in Greece on Friday, the coastguard said, as gale-force winds confined many ferries to port, disrupting travel for tens of thousands of summer travellers, and also sparked fires.
Vietnam welcomes 12.2 million int’l tourists in January-July
Travel 14:16 07/08/2025International tourist arrivals in Vietnam reached 12.2 million between January and July, up 22.5 percent year on year, surpassing the figure recorded in 2019, widely considered to be the golden period of Vietnamese tourism, according to the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism.
FDI into Vietnam surges in January-July
Economy 12:15 07/08/2025Total registered foreign direct investment (FDI) into Vietnam in January-July reached US$24.09 billion, rising 27.3 percent over the same period last year, according to a report released by the General Statistics Office under the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday.
