{"id":12935,"date":"2022-03-09T09:36:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T09:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxtraveldmc.com\/blog\/?p=12935"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:32:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:32:53","slug":"vietnam-travel-firm-ready-for-fully-reopening-on-march-15th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxtraveldmc.com\/blog\/vietnam-travel-firm-ready-for-fully-reopening-on-march-15th.html","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam travel Firm ready for fully reopening on March 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, Ministries agreed that Vietnam fully reopens its air, land, and sea borders from March 15. According to the approval, the government would remove all travel restrictions imposed since the pandemic broke out in 2020. Vietnam\u2019s vaccine coverage is among the top countries in the world, together with the positive results of the pilot border reopening program for inbound tourists sparked the hope of the local travel companies. By this chance, TTG Asia reporter has a short interview with Mr. Pham Ha,\u00a0 CEO of Lux Travel DMC, and here are some details of the talk.<\/p>\n

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TTG Asia: Once borders are fully open, how do you predict recovery will play out? Eg which source markets will return first? Do you expect to see long-haul markets staying longer than pre-covid etc?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mr. Pham Ha<\/strong><\/em>: Vietnam is quite late to fully reopen its borders and did not take advantage of the media coverage of the fact that people were vaccinated so quickly and even got the 3rd dose. The country will open by 15 March with some doubts about visas and quarantine free 72 hours or 24 hours test-and-go, as Thailand has applied so far. I am quite pessimistic about the inbound recovery of Vietnam\u2019s tourism. The mass tourism sources from China, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taipei pursue zero Covid, there\u2019s no hope. Only ASEAN countries may recover faster with closer connections, airlines, and people who want to travel closer to their homes rather than long-haul destinations. I do believe that Australians, Americans, and Europeans will be among the first to come to Vietnam from May-June in their vacation time and Vietnam is the favorite destination of German, Spanish, and French travelers. We have received more rebookings from these market sources for the summer. Our representative in Germany is taking part with Bamboo Airways (7-8 March) and in the roadshow in Frankfurt and ITB Berlin (8 – 10 March 2022).
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TTG Asia: What does Vietnam need to do to make itself more competitive than the neighboring countries that reopened borders last year (e.g. Cambodia and Thailand)?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mr. Pham Ha:<\/strong><\/em> There are opportunities for all countries equally after Covid 19. Whatever country that is quickly adaptable, suitable, and has the right policies to welcome guests will have great advantages. Thailand seemed to be ahead of the game. Vietnam is quite late, low, and too incoherent between the central government and local levels in opening policies. The trial reponing period was not as successful as expected due to too short a period of time and the procedures are complicated.<\/p>\n

Vietnam has uniqueness and differences in nature, culture, food, and people’s lifestyles in comparison to competitors Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The infrastructure has been getting better in the last two years with more roads, airports, seaports, airlines, cruises, hotels, and resorts. Travelers are always looking for new, authentic, and unique experiences on their journey of discovering their body, mind, and soul. They desire to discover, dream, explore, relax, indulge, and immerse in green places, cultural and natural heritage, and new destinations. Vietnam has a lot of new emerging destinations such as Phu Quoc, Quy Nhon, Phu Yen, Lan Ha Bay, and Pu Long Nature Reserve.<\/p>\n