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Authorities in the Central Highlands town of Da Lat want to build a new night market and walking-only street to foster tourism.
To cost VND1.6 trillion ($68.6 million) they will come up next to Cam Ly Stream that drains into Xuan Huong Lake.

«Travel+Leisure» magazine named the 25 most beautiful islands in the world in 2022, perfect for sightseeing.
Phu Quoc is the only Vietnamese representative on the list.

The number of foreign tourists rose 582% year-on-year to 602,000, while over 3,000 new accommodation and hospitality businesses were registered, up nearly 28% year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Vietnamese airlines have resumed flights on only 40 percent of international routes as many countries continue to have entry restrictions, an aviation official said.
Vietnam's Civil Aviation Authority chief Dinh Viet Thang said at a meeting on Friday that the aviation industry aims to fully restore international flights by the end of this year.

Vietnam is trailing its neighbors in tourism recovery as the number of foreign tourists to the country in the first half of this year reached only 602,000, much lower than Thailand (2.2 million), Malaysia (2 million), Singapore (1.5 million) and the Philippines (814,000).

A charter flight from South Korea is scheduled to arrive in Da Lat Saturday night, marking the first international service to the Central Highlands tourist town after over two years.

As a special gift to celebrate the launch of 17 direct flights to India, Vietjet is offering 16,688 Ultra Low Fare Promotional Tickets from $0 (excluding taxes and fees) on all routes connecting Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Phu Quoc to 5 key cities in India (New Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Bangalore).

Nguyen Trung Hanh, deputy head of Vietnam's National Tourism Administration, told a conference late last week that the industry showed signs of marked improvement after the government opened up international travel and allowed entry without quarantine from March 15.

The previously announced flight between Thailand and Vladivostok will be cancelled.
The main reason for these changes is the imposition of sanctions against Russia, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

Due to the long gap in the work of the tourism industry in Vietnam, staff problems have become noticeable.
In one city, Da Nang, over 40,000 hotel and restaurant workers have been forced to find other jobs during the pandemic.

Google Destination Insights tourism trend analysis tool and international arrivals results show a positive recovery in tourism in Vietnam after the official reopening of all tourism from March 15, 2022.

As many as 80 percent of expats surveyed said they were satisfied with the overall cost of living in Vietnam, compared to a global figure of 45 percent, which ranks Vietnam first in the world in the Personal Finance Index, according to a survey released Tuesday. the world's largest expat community, InterNations.