Travel

Outbound tourism has become increasingly popular among Vietnamese, however, the tourism industry has been slow to embrace this new phenomenon.

Vietnam is among the 20 best places to visit in January as suggested by UK travel magazine Wanderlust in a recent article.

The south central province of Khanh Hoa has just approved a new tourist service: an overnight cruise ship in Nha Trang Bay.

French-flagged cruise ship Le Lape'rouse with over 100 foreign holidaymakers aboard docked at Ha Long International Cruise Port in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh on October 13.

Vietnam ranked first in terms of the number of foreign visitors to Japan in the first eight months of 2022 according to the Japanese National Travel Organisation Representative Office in Vietnam.

Vietnam ranks fourth in the list of most Googled tourist destinations by Australians over the past 20 years, according to Google.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved a plan to organise the Visit Vietnam Year 2023 by the south-central province of Binh Thuan, with the focus on promoting green tourism.

The Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) Da Nang 2022 will take place in the central city this December, it was made known at a recent press conference.

Le Lapérouse, a luxury cruise ship of France with 200 foreign travellers, docked at Chan May port in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on October 9 night.

Vietnam has won a number of prestigious awards in the tourism sector this year.

"Pearl Island" Phu Quoc of the southern province of Kien Giang has been voted as the sixth out of 10 most favourite resort islands in Asia in the Readers’ Choice Award 2022 of the Condé Nast Traveler (CNTraveler).

Ho Chi Minh City has great potential to attract international cruise tourists as part of an effort to speed up tourism recovery post-pandemic, experts said.