Saigon Railway Transport Company will offer discounts up to 40% on train tickets during summer for some trains running in southern areas between May 27 and August 15, according to Nha Trang Railway Transport Branch.
The prospect of restarting summer tourism this year, and once again reviving the flagging tourism industry, has largely been based on the immense efforts to have successfully contained the coronavirus in Vietnam. Now many airlines and railways are getting ready to launch exciting summer packages to once again welcome a flow of travellers.
The Management boar of Phu Quy Port recently announced the schedule of passenger ships from Phu Quy island to Phan Thiet City and vice versa, with an increasing number of ship departure to meet high demand of passengers during the Reunification Day (April 30) and Labour Day (May 1) holiday.
Expected to be completed in 20 months and operational in 2022, the 543-hectare airport in the beach town Phan Thiet will serve both the airforce and civil aviation.
As COVID-19 cases have been on the decline around the world and vaccination programmes have been rolled out in many countries, agencies and businesses at home and abroad are hopeful that the introduction of “vaccine passports” will allow the resumption of international fights.
The Sai Gon Railway Passenger Transport Company has announced discounts of 50% on over 10,000 tickets applied in April and May this year in a bid to stimulate travel demand.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will resume flights on the Hanoi-Narita (Tokyo), Hanoi-Incheon (Seoul), Hanoi-Sydney, and Ho Chi Minh City-Sydney routes from April 1 to June 30, a representative of the airline said.
Low-cost carrier VietJet Air has recently launched five additional air routes to Phu Quoc with the primary aim of boosting tourism activities and socio-economic development among localities nationwide.
Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) has decided to add more trains to serve travel needs predicted to surge during the upcoming the Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1) holidays.
The Thua Thien – Hue Provincial Tourism Department recently launched a photo and video contest entitled ‘Hue in my heart’.
As host of the 2021 National Tourism Year, with the theme “Hoa Lu - Thousand-year-old Capital”, the northern province of Ninh Binh will work to promote itself as an attractive and safe destination for tourists.
The Hanoi Travel Association recently shook hands with the VGreen Sustainable Tourism Club and the Vietnam National Museum of History to launch the VGreen Caravan tourism programme, themed ‘The Northwest region in the blooming season of the bauhinia flower’.