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A resident explains flight times from Japan to Vietnam (Hanoi about 5h / Ho Chi Minh City about 6h), the four direct-flight carriers (Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet, JAL, ANA), departure airports, and points to watch when carrying souvenirs home.

In Quang Ngai province in central Vietnam, the "Quang Ngai Tourism Festival 2026" opens on April 30, 2026. The venue is Pham Van Dong Square, and the festival runs roughly two months, from April to June 2026...

Phu Quoc, a resort island in southern Vietnam, is recording its highest-ever surge in tourism growth as 2026 gets underway. Visitor numbers for January to February 2026 topped 2.2 million, up 57.7% year on year, and of that, foreign tourists were up an astonishing 86.4%. Hotel room occupancy... 2026...

On April 29, 2026 (the day before the 51st anniversary of Vietnam's Liberation Day), Ho Chi Minh City held groundbreaking ceremonies for major infrastructure projects including Metro Line 2 (Ben Thanh–Thu Thiem), an administrative center, renovations to the Ho Chi Minh Museum, and the Can Gio International Transshipment Port. According to reports, ...

In March 2026, Marriott International and Sun Group, a major Vietnamese real estate and resort company, strengthened their strategic partnership and agreed on a plan to open 10 hotels with about 4,500 rooms. TTG Asia reported it on March 30, 2026. Phu Quoc Island's... opening in 2026...

Vietnam International Travel Mart "VITM Hanoi 2026" was held at I.C.E Hanoi in Hanoi from April 9–12, 2026, and has concluded. Pre-event projections anticipated 450 booths and over 100,000 visitors, but the post-event report recorded approximately 400 booths, participation from 20 countries and regions and 31 provinces and cities, and approximately 80,000 visitor and trade interactions...

Ho Chi Minh City is targeting 11 million international visitors and 50 million domestic travelers in 2026. The city's Q1 2026 report estimated international arrivals at approximately 3.9 million, representing 35.45% of the annual target, while domestic visitors reached 15.4 million. The targets are ambitious, but at least in the early part of the year, the pace appears to be tracking ahead of plan...

According to the latest data from Vietnam's tourism authorities, the number of travelers visiting Vietnam from South Korea in January-February 2026 exceeded 971,000, and it has emerged that South Korea is rapidly rising as the top source country among foreign visitors to Vietnam. The UK, Russia, China, India, the US, Australia...

In Vietnam's capital Hanoi, the country's first "Fairmont"-brand hotel has officially opened. Marking the first entry into Vietnam by Fairmont, a global luxury hotel chain, this facility boasts eight distinctive restaurants, bars, and lounges, along with a Michelin-starred chef...

A Vietnam News report dated March 23, 2026, noted that Vietnamese travel agencies were seeing an early uptick in bookings and inquiries ahead of the late-April to early-May public holidays. However, this does not mean that all major domestic resorts are fully booked across the board. Nor does everyone automatically receive a nine-day consecutive holiday...