Vietnamese authorities and businesses are rolling out comprehensive promotion programmes to boost consumer spending for the upcoming Tet holiday (Lunar New Year).

A wide range of vibrant activities are being held within the 20th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Fair, which kicked off on April 4 to promote the southern metroplis as a safe, attractive and hospitable destination for both domestic and foreign visitors.

Hanoi 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 have urged its local departments to ensure supply of essential goods and necessities, and offer promotion programmes for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday while following the pandemic prevention measures.

Sales of automobiles by members of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) in October surged 22 percent against the previous month to reach 33,254 units, indicating consumption is recovering to pre-pandemic levels.

The Department of Tourism of Da Nang, in cooperation with Vietnam Airlines, will host the first tourists to visit the central city after the resurgence of COVID-19 in late July.

The Department of Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City launched a tourism festival in the city on April 11 under the theme “Happy Summer 2019”.

The real estate week Red Friday was officially launched in Hanoi on December 6, with many special promotion programmes on offer.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho earned more than 10.5 trillion VND (451.5 million USD) in retail and service revenue in August, up 15 percent year on year, according to the city’s Statistics Office.

Supermarkets and shopping malls in Ho Chi Minh City have seen a surge in sales during the three-day National Day holidays this year.

“Up your style” will be the greeting from Online Friday 2017 to customers nationwide, which is slated for September 29.

More than 3,000 firms and 5,300 household businesses will offer around 30,000 discount programmes during the annual sales promotion months in Ho Chi Minh City.

Saigontourist is offering special deals on domestic tours during Ho Chi Minh City’s 12th tourism festival which takes place from March 24-27.

Vietnam is taking part in the 23 rd Moscow International Travel and Tourism (MITT) Exhibition which opened in Russia on March 23.

Local commercial banks are offering diversified promotion programmes to attract depositors at first working days after Tet (Lunar New Year).

Supermarkets around the country have launched promotions to attract customers during the New Year holiday.

The Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association has kicked off the domestic tourism promotion programme, with the participation of Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Jetstar Pacific and Sai Gon Railway Company.

Autumn tours offered by local travel firms have become increasingly appealing to Vietnamese tourists with companies announcing a rise in the number of bookings.