The tourism sector served about 8 million tourists during the five-days holiday from April 27 to May 1, up 14.2% year on year, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has reported.

The central city of Da Nang welcomed more than 254,000 tourists in the four-day holiday of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1), a 3.4-fold increase compared to that of the same period last year.

An international photo exhibition marking the country’s Reunification Day (April 30) and Labour Day (May 1) will take place in the central city of Da Nang from April 24 to May 3 at the Da Nang Museum.

Mobile network providers will cut mobile call rates by 20 percent from May 1, according to a circular issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications in December, 2017.

Domestic and foreign visitors flocked to tourist attractions across Vietnam during the April 30-May 1 holidays.

A photo exhibition has been opened in Havana, Cuba to mark the 41st anniversary of Vietnam’s National Reunification Day (April 30) and the 62nd anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7)