A number of travel operators have begun to launch tours to the Philippines, offering local football fans the chance to support the Vietnamese national men’s team in their fixtures at the ongoing SEA Games 30.

A tourism promotion event was held in Hanoi on November 12 with the participation of 30 travel agencies from ten European countries.

Many Vietnamese tourists have dropped their Thailand tour plans after a bomb blast in Thai capital Bangkok on Monday killed 22 people, nearly half of them foreigners.