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The Ha Noi Moi Newspaper on October 24 launched a writing contest on Thang Long-Hanoi, towards the 110th anniversary of the capital city in 2020.

Hanoi has welcomed more than 5.3 million foreign arrivals so far this year, up 10.8 percent from the same period in 2018.

The Hanoi Promotion Agency (HPA) will launch a tourism promotion programme in Japan and join the Tourism Expo Japan (JATA) 2019 in Osaka later this month, aiming to further exploit the nearly 127 million-strong market.

The Hanoi Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) has proven its role in enhancing friendship and solidarity, and expanding multi-faceted cooperation between the capital city and other major cities worldwide.

Hanoi has been ranked fifth among the seven best places in Asia for solo travellers by Bigseventravel.

The capital city of Hanoi welcomed more than 270,000 tourists during the National Day holidays (from August 31 to September 2), up nearly 8.6 percent year-on-year, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

Hanoi welcomed over 19.3 million tourists in the first eight months of 2019, a year-on-year increase of 9.5 percent, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

By the end of July 2019, Hanoi had 3,499 accommodation establishments with 60, 812 rooms, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

The capital city of Hanoi welcomed more than 2.4 million tourists and pocketed over 8 trillion VND (345.2 million USD) from tourism services in July, up 9.5 percent and 31.5 percent against the same month of 2018, respectively.

Hanoi welcomed 14.4 million tourists and earned more than 50 trillion VND (2.15 billion USD) from tourism services in the first six months of 2019.

The Vietnam Airport Ground Services Company Limited (VIAGS), a member of Vietnam Airlines Corporation, was awarded with the global second prize cup from the five-star All Nippon Airways (ANA) of Japan.

Jetstar Pacific announced on September 12 that it will continue to cancel flights to the Japanese city of Osaka until the end of September 20 as repair work is still underway at Kansai International Airport following the hit of Typhoon Jebi.

Low-cost airline Jetstar Pacific announced on September 6 that it will cancel four additional flights to Japan on September 7 and 8 due to the super Typhoon Jebi, which is ravaging Japan and has forced Kansai International Airport in the west to close for repair.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and low-cost airline Jetstar Pacific continued to cancel flights between Japan’s Osaka and Vietnam scheduled for September 6 after tropical storm Jebi struck the west of Japan, flooding Kansai International Airport.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced on September 4 that it will cancel its flights between Japan’s Osaka and the airports of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh during September 4-5 due to Typhoon Jebi in the west of Japan, which forced Osaka airport to suspend operations the same day.

Vietnam Airlines was awarded the prestigious “CAPA Asia Pacific Airline of the Year” at the 2017 CAPA Asia Pacific Aviation & Corporate Travel Summit held in Singapore on November 8.

The Noi Bai Catering Services Joint Stock Company (NCS), a subsidiary of the Vietnam Airlines Corporation, has received a “Certificate of Appreciation” from Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) for its excellent in-flight meals offered on the ANA’s flights.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) plans to sign a strategic partnership agreement with French airport authority Aéroports de Paris (ADP) in March this year.

Vietnam Airlines and its Japanese strategic partner All Nippon Airways (ANA) will kick off their code share flights on 10 Vietnam-Japan routes and 25 domestic routes in both countries on October 30.

The Cambodian Government is encouraging foreign airlines to launch direct air services to Cambodia, Tourism Minister Thong Khon has said.