Phu Quoc wants vaccination speeded up to get tourists back
Phu Quoc officials want the government to prioritize fully vaccinating 90 percent of the island’s population against Covid-19 before tourism resumes in October.
Vietnam prepares welcome for vaccinated foreign tourists to select destinations
Vietnam is planning to allow some destinations to welcome back fully-vaccinated foreign visitors in the first steps to revive the tourism industry.
Vietnam’s biggest island long held onto a seductive image as the country’s ‘last paradise.’
Travelers who arrive on the Southeast Asian island may be forgiven for thinking they are in Venice, the Amalfi Coast, or Paris – anywhere but Vietnam.
Vietnam develops digital certification for vaccinated arrivals
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has developed a digital vaccine certification system, which will be piloted to welcome back international arrivals and ensure safe travel during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Phu Quoc expected to recover fastest among Vietnam’s tourist hotspots
Nearly half of 200 surveyed hospitality experts believe Phu Quoc Island would witness the earliest tourism recovery from Covid in 2022, followed by Hoi An.
Hanoi among world’s five best cities for beer lovers
Hanoi, famous for its iconic lager (bia hoi), was one of the top five beer destinations in the world endorsed by global travelers of online travel agency Booking.com.
Khanh Hoa prepares plans to trial vaccine passport
Khanh Hoa, home to tourist hotspot Nha Trang, plans to trial a program to welcome vaccinated foreign tourists later this year with several restrictions.
Phu Quoc moves closer to trialing vaccine passports
The tourism ministry plans to trial a six-month vaccine passport program in Phu Quoc Island from October, and hopes to receive 40,000 foreign tourists during the period.
Pilot vaccine passport program for Phu Quoc nears completion
The tourism ministry is working to complete later this month a pilot Covid-19 vaccine passport program to have foreign tourists back on Phu Quoc Island.
Hotels put up for sale as Covid-19 knocks down investors
Hotels are being sold in large numbers across the country as owners suffer big losses caused by the shortage of customers due to the latest wave of Covid-19.
Vietnam mulls vaccine passport
Vietnam’s leaders say they will trial a project that would allow vaccinated international travellers to visit Phu Quoc island.
Nha Trang hotels up for sale as Covid puts paid to tourism
Hit hard by the successive waves of Covid-19, hotel owners in tourism hotspot Nha Trang are putting up their properties for sale on realty forums.
Vietnam to trial vaccine passport program in July
Vietnam will trial its vaccine passport program in July in the northern province of Quang Ninh, under which vaccinated or recovered foreign entrants will be quarantined for seven days.
Travel firms all agog about vaccinated foreigners visiting Phu Quoc
With Phu Quoc Island green-lighted to trial the vaccine passport, many travel firms are seeing it as a lifesaver for the pandemic-bashed tourism industry.
Vietnam cuts quarantine time to 7 days for vaccinated entrants
Vietnam has decided to shorten centralized quarantine time for fully vaccinated entrants from 21 days to seven, as the country plans to initiate a vaccine passport program.
Vaccine passport program readied for foreigners to visit Phu Quoc Island
The tourism ministry is urgently working on a plan for welcoming international tourists with the so-called Covid-19 vaccine passports to Phu Quoc Island in Kien Giang Province.
Covid-19 vaccination sought for all Phu Quoc residents to reopen to foreign tourists
Authorities in Kien Giang Province, home to Phu Quoc, are planning to vaccinate the island’s population against Covid-19 so that it can reopen its doors to foreigners.
Politburo green-lights trial of vaccine passports at select tourist destinations
The Politburo has ordered relevant agencies to trial Covid-19 vaccine passports so that foreigners can visit some tourist destinations that have controlled the pandemic like Phu Quoc Island.
France reopens to tourists, vaccinated Vietnamese exempt from quarantine
France will reopen to foreign tourists Wednesday, allowing in vaccinated people without quarantine.
Vietnam’s ‘last paradise’ intends to challenge Phuket and Bali
Vingroup carves a modern-day Venice into the island of Phu Quoc
Ba Ria-Vung Tau closes beaches, suspends boats to Con Dao
Authorities in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, which neighbors Covid hostpot HCMC, ordered a swimming ban and suspended all boat services to Con Dao Islands, a popular tourist destination, from Monday.
Tourism workers lose hope for summer travel season amid Covid
The latest Covid-19 outbreak in Vietnam has dented tourism workers’ hopes for the peak summer travel season.
Mount Fansipan’s steel pyramid a story of pride
After more than 13 years, a 20-kilogram stainless steel pyramid created by a group of Hanoi travelers still stand firm on Mount Fansipan in northern Vietnam.
Da Nang to review tourism-service projects to protect peninsula
Da Nang will not allow more accommodation projects on its Son Tra Peninsula and is also reviewing others providing tourism services to see if they are required.
Forget Phuket, here’s Phu Quoc, Vietnam’s big tourism hope
Vietnam’s largest island has a big part to play in the country’s tourism ambitions, with a US$2.8 billion resort linked to the country’s richest man Pham Nhat Vuong on the drawing board But overtourism is already a problem, with the…
Travel bubble not the solution for Vietnam
While Taiwan and the Pacific island nation of Palau implemented a travel bubble on April 1, letting tourists travel between the two countries without any quarantine, experts think doing the same thing in Viet Nam wouldn’t be easy.