Aviation regulator eyes $1 bln upgrade for Cam Ranh airport
The national aviation authority is seeking approval to upgrade Cam Ranh Airport in central Vietnam at a cost of VND24.3 trillion (US$1.02 billion).
The national aviation authority is seeking approval to upgrade Cam Ranh Airport in central Vietnam at a cost of VND24.3 trillion (US$1.02 billion).
The Vietnamese aviation industry is struggling to restore pre-pandemic frequency of international flights to key tourism markets as several retain tough entry policies, officials says.
Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia has announced the resumption of direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to Nha Trang and Da Lat this week.
Vietnam Airlines has resumed its HCMC-Jakarta service after the Indonesian government lifted most Covid-19 restrictions for foreign visitors.
Readers of the Travel + Leisure magazine have included Vietnam’s Da Nang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in the list of “Top 10 Cities In Southeast Asia” under “Asia’s Best Awards 2022.”
Da Nang is the central region’s tourism hub and a destination with many attractions, but the city still lacks nightlife entertainment activities for high spending tourists, experts say.
There were 60.8 million domestic tourists in the first half of this year, 1.4 times the pre-pandemic number and already past the full-year target of 60 million.
The Ministry of Transport has ordered Vietnamese airlines to improve on punctuality after more than 5,600 flights were delayed in June with late-arriving aircraft cited as the main reason.
Cambodia Angkor Air on Friday restarted its Siem Reap-Da Nang service after over two years of suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Vietnam received 602,000 foreign arrivals in the first half of this year, around 7 percent of pre-pandemic levels in 2019.