Dr. Ngo Manh Tien and his colleagues at the Institute of Physics under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology have successfully manufactured an intelligent humanoid robot IVASTBot, opening up research and robot application in communication.
A dialogue between the municipal government and businesses on seeking problem-solving measures for tourism was held on August 29 by the HCMC Investment and Trade Promotion Center and the Tourism Department.
HanoiKids, a voluntary English tour guide club, has provided free tour guide services for foreign tourists over the past 20 years in the hope of promoting Hanoi tourism to foreign friends.
Chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee Phan Van Mai on July 20 hosted a reception for outgoing Malaysian Consul General in HCMC Wong Chia Chiann who came to bid farewell at the end of her tenure.
Costa Serena, the Italian- flagged passenger cruise ship has just docked at the West of Phu Quoc Island at Duong Dong International Wharf in Kien Giang Province.
Mr. Pham Cao Thai, Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism warned tour guides providing wrong information to tourists, distorting history, using fake cards will receive tough punishment in accordance with the law.
Despite a gradual recovery in the tourist sector after the Covid-19 pandemic, HCMC is grappling with a serious shortage of personnel in various sectors, particularly in hotels and restaurants.
From now until the end of the year, numerous airlines, travel agencies, and shopping centers in Ho Chi Minh City are actively offering a range of discounts and attractive deals.
In addition to focusing on traditional, high-spending tourists, Vietnam tourism is constantly hunting for new customers and improving the service quality.
Sai Gon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company (Saratrans) announced that it would continue to offer discounts from 2- 14 percent for groups of passengers traveling from January 13 to April 26.
Preventing tourists from buying ivory products and endangered wild species is essential, especially in the context that Vietnam has fully reopened its door to international tourists and the tourism industry is on the way to recovery, heard a workshop held in Hanoi on June 22.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has recently requested the Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism in provinces and cities to ensure tourism activities on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet).
Ministries and businesses have put in a great deal of effort in luring international visitors to Vietnam, but the number of foreign tourists has always been lower than to other countries in the region.
The Saigon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company (Saratrans) sold around 10,247 tickets within two hours after it started selling tickets for the upcoming Tet (lunar New Year) holiday at 8 am on October 25, and earned over VND16 billion (US$643 million) from ticket sales.
Ms. Huynh Phan Phuong Hoang, Deputy General Director of Vietravel Company, recommended the city have the policy to support travel companies; for instance, the city needs to take heeds of day and night tourism in addition to synchronous development of night economy products to retain international holiday-makers staying in Ho Chi Minh City longer.
In the post-Covid-19 time, the number of people going on holiday has increased more than ever, which results in a dire need of tourism human resources.
At noon of May 14, the booths of travel agencies at Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival 2022 were full of visitors showing a new vibrant wave for the tourism sector and enterprises this summer.
Vietnam has been making efforts to revive the tourism sector- the smokeless industry - after the coronavirus pandemic. Although Vietnam officially opened to international tourism on March 15, approximately 41,700 international visitors arrived in the Southeast Asian country in March 2022, a month-on-month increase of 41.4 percent, and 2.2 times higher than the same period last year.
