Mainland Chinese were Việt Nam’s top source of visitors during Lunar New Year, one of the peak travel periods in the Asia Pacific calendar, reported digital travel platform Agoda.
Supermarkets, commercial centres and convenience stores are offering various sales promotions with deep discounts to stimulate shopping demand and increase sales for the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday that begins on February 8, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.
To increase local demand, ministries, branches and localities have been implementing activities to connect supply and demand and facilitate the consumption of goods, especially Vietnamese-made ones, during the Tết holiday.
Herbalife Vietnam was the official title sponsor of the New Year celebration, entitled “Welcome New Year 2024”, for the second consecutive time in Hà Nội from December 31, 2023, to January 1, 2024.
The airline has also applied a flexible ticket price policy, suitable for the affordability of many passengers, and offered promotional fares starting from only VNĐ49,000 (US$2.02) (excluding taxes and fees) for many air routes.
Ha Noi is carrying out a series of stimulus and promotion programmes so as to recover the purchasing power of the domestic market on the occasion of the upcoming lunar New Year holiday.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade plans on ensuring goods supply according to the varying pandemic development, even preparing for the possibility of a large-scale outbreak of COVID-19 over Tet (Lunar New Year).
Generali Vietnam handed over warm clothes, financial support and New Year gifts to 300 disadvantaged children and families in Bac Ha District, Lao Cai Province in northwest Viet Nam - a province badly hit by cold weather.
Vietnam Airlines Group is putting more than two million flight tickets for the 2021 Lunar New Year on sale to meet the needs of travellers during the Vietnamese holiday.