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Domestic airlines will focus on exploiting routes around the country instead of international routes during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) which will fall in the first half of February, according to Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam Dinh Viet Thang.

Domestic airlines will increase the number of night flights before, during and after the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday – the biggest traditional festival of Vietnamese - to meet increasing travel demand of passengers.

Bamboo Airways has just opened two new routes connecting the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho with two popular tourist destinations, Con Dao islands in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Phu Quoc islands in the southern province of Kien Giang, the airline’s representative said on January 12.

Vietnam among very few countries to post GDP growth rate of 2.5-3 percent, and the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement in 2020 when Vietnam assumes ASEAN Chairmanship are among the top 10 domestic economic events in the year. The following are the ten outstanding events as selected by the Vietnam News Agency.

2020 was a difficult year for the global economy including Vietnam, but some Vietnamese billionaires still saw their net asset value increase.

The southern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City has set a target of welcoming 33 million tourists with total revenue of more than 100 trillion VND (4.33 billion USD) in 2021.

Despite a recovery in the final months of this year, the aviation industry is forecast to face further difficulties in 2021.

Da Nang’s tourism is recovering from the effects of COVID-19, with the number of tourists visiting the city expected to increase sharply during the Christmas and New year holidays.

The Vietnam Travel Aviation Company Limited (Vietravel Airlines), the sixth airline in Vietnam, made its debut on December 26 after meeting all requirements and completing necessary procedures for operating commercial flights.

Vietnam among very few countries to post GDP growth rate of 2.5-3 percent, and the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement in 2020 when Vietnam assumes ASEAN Chairmanship are among the top 10 domestic economic events in the year.

The Vietnam Travel Aviation Co. Ltd (Vietravel Airlines) held a ceremony to welcome its 220-seat Airbus A321CEO plane which landed in the Phu Bai International Airport in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue for the first time.

A Bamboo Airways flight carried more than 240 Vietnamese citizens home from Singapore on December 20.

Vietnam and the Czech Republic have shared traditional ties that have been nurtured and developed in all fields, agreed Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Thai Xuan Dung and the host country’s Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček.

Nearly 280 Vietnamese citizens in Saudi Arabia have been brought home safely on a flight operated by Bamboo Airways.

Close to 300 Vietnamese citizens were flown home from Russia on December 4-5 on a flight of Bamboo Airways.

The Vietnam Travel Aviation Co. Ltd (Vietravel Airlines) is scheduled to receive its first plane at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on December 5.

Domestic carriers will have to suspend international flights if flight crew members violate regulations on medical isolation and COVID-19 prevention.

Aviation firms appealed for Government support to overcome the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic at a seminar recently held by the Vietnam Aviation Business Association (VABA) in Hanoi.

Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam and Da Nang have agreed to develop a joint tourism promotion programme to boost travel demand to the central region.

A Bamboo Airways plane brought home 290 Vietnamese citizens from the Czech Republic on November 21 and 22.