The first international tourists to Vietnam after opening tourism

Flight VN650 operated by the national airline – Vietnam Airlines, traveling from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City, carried more than 100 passengers, including 20 foreign nationals.

Also today, flight VN651 from Ho Chi Minh City arrived in Singapore at 12:30 am and was recorded as the first flight carrying Vietnamese tourists under Singapore’s program “Travel corridor for vaccinated people” – program The program allows visitors to enter Singapore without having to undergo quarantine.

Flights mark positive developments for the aviation and tourism markets in the coming time.

Currently, Vietnam Airlines is operating 10 flights/week to Singapore, from Ho Chi Minh City daily and from Hanoi on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. From March 27, the airline will operate to Singapore up to 21 flights/week from Ho Chi Minh City and 4 flights/week from Hanoi. The airline also connects Da Nang, Nha Trang and Phu Quoc with Singapore from April 15.

Previously, to prepare for the opening of international tourism after March 15, 2022, Vietnam Airlines has implemented a plan to expand and increase the operating frequency to the entire international regular flight network. In the immediate future, from the end of March 2022, Vietnam Airlines will increase the total number of flights to 97 flights/week, exploiting to most major city airports of the countries, expanding the exploitation of tourist routes.

By July 2022, Vietnam Airlines is expected to resume operations to China (6 flights/week), Indonesia (3 flights/week) and tourist routes to Da Nang and Nha Trang from other markets. major markets such as Japan and Korea, bringing the total number of international flights to more than 160 flights/week.