According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), the country’s tourism industry served around three million domestic visitors during the three-day 2023 New Year holiday from December 31, 2022, to January 2, 2023.
Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city of Vietnam, earned over VND5.9 trillion (US$251 million) from tourism services during the New Year holiday from December 31 to January 2.
Hanoi welcomed 208,000 tourists, earning VND779 billion (US$32.9 million) during the three-day New Year holiday (December 31, 2022 - January 2, 2023), according to the municipal Department of Tourism.
Through patrols during the New Year holiday, the traffic police forces of Ho Chi Minh City handled 2,511 violations with a total fine of nearly VND4.5 billion (US$191,000) from December 30 of 2022 to January 2 of 2023.
Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang has just requested competent agencies, departments of transport, and transportation companies to urgently set up a steering committee for people’s travel needs and transport goods during the New Year holiday, the Lunar New Year, and the Lunar New Year festival season in 2023.
Some airlines, on July 15, announced that they had opened ticket sales early from July for the flights during the upcoming New Year and Lunar New Year from January 12 to January 20, 2023 (the 21st to the 29th day of the 12th month in the lunar calendar).
There were 147 traffic accidents killing 110 people and injured 61 others during four holidays, when people flocked back to their hometowns, according to the country’s National Traffic Safety Committee.
The National Traffic Safety Committee has announced 20 hotlines to receive complaints about traffic problems during the 2018 New Year holiday and the following spring festivals.
National Traffic Safety Committee has reported that the country saw 124 traffic accidents killing 67 and injuring 74 during three days of New Year holiday 2018.
After the New Year holiday, holidaymakers streamed back to HCMC causing heavy traffic jam in routes from the Mekong Delta to the city yesterday afternoon.
The National Traffic Safety Committee has announced 12 hotlines to receive complaints about traffic problems during the 2018 New Year holiday from December 30, 2017 to January 1, 2018.
