The Hanoi Department of Tourism and the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group’s Hanoi branch (VNPT Hanoi) have worked together to carry out a smart tourism project with a view to promoting the capital city’s non-smoke industry.
According to statistics from the Hanoi Department of Tourism, the number of visitors to Hanoi has reached 50-70% of the time before the outbreak of Covid-19 with a sharp increase of tourists from Europe.
The Hanoi Tourism Department has reported an increase in the number of tourists visiting local destinations as compared to the beginning of February.
Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air has launched a series of five direct routes connecting Vietnam’s major cities of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang with India’s New Delhi and Mumbai.
Relic sites and landscapes in Hanoi reopened to serve visitors on February 6 after one day of being sprayed with disinfectants and creating conditions to prevent and control the disease caused by a new strain of corona virus.
In 2019, Hanoi welcomed 7.02 million foreign visitors, a year-on-year surge of 17 percent. However, the figure was only one fourth of the foreign arrivals in Hong Kong (China), and one third of that of Bangkok (Thailand) and Singapore.
The Hoan Kiem District People’s Committee opened the Hang Luoc Street traditional flower market and diverse activities at the Phung Hung Street mural space on January 10 in celebration of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet).
Hanoi capital city will stage firework displays at 30 different locations from 0-0.15 am on January 25, the first day of the New Year on lunar calendar.
The second French gastronomy festival "Balade en France" will be held in Hanoi from January 10-12.
A festival featuring the traditional New Year celebration of the H’Mong ethnic group was held at the Hanoi University of Culture on January 5. The annual cultural event of the Hmong community living and studying in Hanoi is considered as an opportunity for the community to celebrate the New Year traditionally together as well as promote the cultural characteristics to Hanoi’s public.
Tet (Lunar New Year) clean agricultural products fair 2020, offering a variety of regional specialties, opened at the Vietnam Women's Museum, in Hanoi, on January 4.
Hanoi capital city hosted more than 81,000 visitors on New Year's Day 2020, up 8.9% as compared to the same day in 2019, according to the city’s Tourism Department.