Several Vietnamese travel agencies have signed contracts to offer charter flights to foreign visitors during the peak tourist seasons this year.

Accordingly, Vietravel Company will take tourists from the Czech Republic to Vietnam by 10 charter flights from November 2010 to April 2011.

Ms Hoang Thi Phong Thu, General Director of the Lanta Anh Duong Travel Company in Mui Ne, said that her company has received two flights a week from the beginning of this year.

According to Mr Vu The Binh, Director of the Travel Department under the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), several Chinese travel agencies will also launch charter flights to Vietnam.

In September, Sichuan Airlines will work with some Chinese travel agencies to launch one charter flight a week to bring tourists from China to Vietnam.

Source: TT

Translated by Duy Minh