Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong proposed to launch an air route connecting its Lien Khuong Airport and Singapore on Monday.

A flight departing from Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture landed at Van Don International Airport in Vietnam’s northeastern province of Quang Ninh on November 16, marking the first direct flight between the destinations.

Some airlines of the Republic of Korea are planning to open direct air routes to Phu Quoc island, which is considered not only opportunities but also challenges for its tourism sector.

The first direct air route linking Manila in the Philippines and Danang has been scheduled to be launched in December this year.

A direct air route linking the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s South Jeolla province and Vietnam’s central province of Khanh Hoa will be put into operation from late October, the Korean southwestern province’s authorities announced on August 21.

Flights between Nanki Shirahama airport in Japan’s southeastern prefecture of Wakayama and Hanoi and Da Nang city of Vietnam are expected to be launched next month, Wakayama’s authorities said on June 13.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines recently launched a direct air route connecting Hanoi with India’s Mumbai so as to strengthen trade, and socio-cultural connectivity between the two nations.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 19 attended a ceremony to announce the first direct air route between Vietnam's capital city of Hanoi and Japan's Hiroshima prefecture.

Bamboo Airways opened a new route connecting Hanoi and Ca Mau on April 29, marking the first direct flight between the two localities.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines plans to officially open direct flights between Hanoi and Melbourne starting from June 15.

Bamboo Airways on Thursday successfully conducted a technical flight from Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport to Ca Mau Airport, the last step to prepare for their official launch of the Hanoi-Ca Mau flight route which is scheduled for April 29.

Chinese carrier Xiamen Airlines officially operated its first flight from Xiamen to Vietnam on the afternoon of April 18, according to information given by Noi Bai International Airport.

A new air route from the northern province of Quang Ninh to the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will be launched from April 25, according to Deputy Director of Quang Ninh provincial Department of Tourism Trinh Xuan Thanh.

Vietnamese air carriers admit that it is not easy to attract passengers to fly non-stop between Vietnam and the US.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the launching ceremonies of new air routes between Vietnam and Thailand on November 2, on the occasion of his attendance at the 35th summit of ASEAN and related summits in Bangkok.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Low-cost carrier VietJet has announced a new air route connecting Hanoi with Siem Reap (Cambodia) on November 3 and a route from HCM City to Taipei (Taiwan) on December 12, 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has asked the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam to continue to conduct research about the possibility of having more direct air routes to shorten travel time.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Airlines will open two new air routes connecting Phu Quoc International Airport in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang with Singapore and Siem Reap (Cambodia) from November 1.

 Vietnam welcomed more than 4.28 million foreign tourists in the first half of this year, a year-on-year hike of 21.11 percent, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism said on June 25.