Vietnamese tourism businesses are making efforts to draw Chinese visitors with demand for deluxe services, sensing that the segment is expanding after COVID-19.

Okay Airways and Pacific Airlines will begin their flights connecting Da Nang with Hunan (China) and Muan (the Republic of Korea) from late April, increasing the number of airlines restarting operations at the Da Nang International Airport to 28.

Vietnamese businesses have a geographical advantage in accessing China, the world's second-largest market, especially with support from e-commerce platforms, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

China has unveiled a list of more than 80 local packaging facilities and growing areas of sweet potatoes that fully meet phytosanitary requirements, meaning they are allowed to be exported to the Chinese market.

Bamboo Airways flight QH9583 landed at Cam Ranh International Airport in Khanh Hoa province on April 2, bringing 153 Chinese visitors to central Vietnam from Macau (China).

Chinese localities bordering Vietnam such as Guangxi and Yunnan received their first groups of Vietnamese tourists after a three-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tourism authorities and tour operators in China and Vietnam have been busy working out ways to boost travel after China officially resumed international tourism last month.

Serious congestion has occurred at some border gates in the northern province of Lang Son as thousands of trucks transporting fruit for export to China await customs clearance.

Travel firms and agents have begun selling tours to China with departure time in April, including both road and air tours. More orders will come if the first tours go smoothly.

Restaurants and hotels along the coast of Da Nang are being repaired and upgraded to welcome back Chinese visitors after a 3-year pause due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Vietnam Airlines conducted the first regular flight from Beijing (China) to Hanoi on March 19 after a three-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Localities and travel firms all are ready to receive large groups of travelers from China. The goal to attract 8 million foreign travelers this year appears feasible.

Vietnam has been officially added to the list of countries to which Chinese nationals can travel on outbound tours from March 15.

Chinese travel firms have firmly backed the recovery of the Vietnamese market and are actively preparing tourism products in a bid to capitalise on opportunities during the upcoming holiday.

Vietnamese travel firms say partners have begun contacting them to ask for information about tours after China announced the resumption of group tours to Vietnam beginning March 15.

A continued hike in fuel prices partly following China’s ongoing economic recovery is expected to cause pressure on Vietnam’s efforts to rein in inflation this year.

The reopening of group tours to Vietnam has been welcomed by Chinese people and travel firms.

The tourism and entertainment stock group saw a hike after the Chinese Government has decided to add Vietnam into the list of the countries to which China’s group tours can be conducted starting from March 15.

The Chinese Government has decided to add Vietnam into the list of countries to which China’s group tours can be conducted starting from March 15, according to Peng Shituan, Cultural Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam.

Salangane nest exporters in Vietnam can earn $200-300 million a year. China has signed a protocol on full-tax export of the expensive salangane nests to its market.