Binh Thanh Hindu tower, built between the 8th and 9th centuries and belonging to the Oc Eo Culture, remains almost intact nowadays.

The Asian route development forum 2020 (Routes Asia 2022) will be held in the central city of Da Nang, with the municipal People’s Committee and Department of Tourism, and IPP Travel Retail being selected as the hosts of the event.

Spanning over 30 hectares of land in Dien Bien city of the northern province of Dien Bien, Ta Leng terraced fields attract domestic and foreign tourists with their poetic beauty.

Authorities in Quang Nam Province, home to UNESCO-recognised Hoi An town, are considering allowing in fully vaccinated foreign tourists from February 2022.

Cao Bang is blessed with a host of famous tourist attractions, such as the Pac Bo Special National Historic Site, Ban Gioc Waterfall, and Nguom Ngao Cave. The northern mountainous province is also known for its “golden” ripened rice fields, which have been described as being as beautiful as a work of art.

Quang Ninh plans to organise 50 events and activities to stimulate travel demand and promote tourism from now to the end of 2021, Director of the provincial Tourism Department Pham Ngoc Thuy said.

Foreign tourists and Vietnamese people in other countries hope to enter Vietnam for travelling and visiting relatives as soon as possible, according to Vietnamese diplomatic representative agencies abroad.

Up to 60 percent of the Vietnamese are optimistic that tourism will take off again in the next six months, according to the Welcome Back to Travel survey recently released by the online travel platform Agoda.

A webinar was held on October 8 to discuss ways attracting Spanish tourists to Vietnam in new normal, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic is under control.

Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will be the first tourist hotspot in Vietnam to open its doors to foreign visitors with vaccine passports, starting in November. The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism held an online working session on October 7 with the local tourism sector on communications work to promote the resort island.

From November, localities that have controlled the Covid-19 pandemic will start welcoming back domestic holiday-makers.

Budget carrier Vietjet Air is expected to resume seven domestic routes on October 10, including those connecting Ho Chi Minh City to five other localities in the central and Mekong Delta regions.

Vietnam holds great potential in medical tourism development as it boasts a lot of mineral hot springs and mud, and has many areas with temperate climate, heard a webinar seeking ways to develop medical tourism in the country on October 6.

A conference debating solutions and plans for resuming domestic tourism activities was held on October 5 by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.