Nguyen Thanh Son, deputy chairman of Vietjet, said Vietnam targets five million foreign tourists this year and the new services would help boost South Korean visitor numbers.

South Korean tourists in Nha Trang in Vietnam's central coast.

The East Asian country has sent the highest number of visitors to Vietnam post-Covid.

On March 15 the government allowed quarantine-free entry and resumed its visa waiver for citizens of 24 countries, including South Korea.

In 2019, the year before Covid broke out, over 550,000 Koreans visited Vietnam.

Vietjet also flies daily to the South Korean capital Seoul from HCMC, Hanoi, Da Nang, Phu Quoc, Nha Trang, and Hai Phong.

Vietnam Airlines to temporarily suspend flights to Russia from March 25

Vietnam Airlines will temporarily suspend flights on the Hanoi-Moscow air route from March 25 until further notice.

Another 259 Vietnamese from Ukraine arrive home on flight from Poland

A Vietnam Airlines flight from Warsaw arrived at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on March 19, bringing home an additional 259 Vietnamese citizens evacuating from Ukraine.

Da Nang to welcome first int'l flights post Covid late this month

Da Nang City, a popular tourism hub, is scheduled to welcome two international commercial flights from Singapore and Thailand on March 27, its first in two years.

Two more flights carrying Vietnamese fleeing Ukraine to arrive in Hanoi this week

Two additional flights bringing home Vietnamese evacuated from Ukraine to neighbouring countries are scheduled to arrive in Hanoi on March 17 and 19.

Second repatriation flight from Romania brings nearly 300 Vietnamese home

A Vietnam Airlines flight, coded VN68, took off from the Bucharest’s Henri Coandă International Airport at 19:20 on March 12 (local time) to bring nearly 300 Vietnamese back from Ukraine to Vietnam.

Source: VnExpress