Vietnam Airlines increase flights to Ho Chi Minh

According to Nishinippon Shinbum, a local news paper in Fukuoka Prefecture, reported on October 3 of last year that Vietnam Airlines will increase flights to Ho Chi Minh up to six times per week on February 7. This route is currently operated 5 flights a week.

As of the end of December 2017, the number of Vietnamese residents in Fukuoka Prefecture has increased about 20 times compered to 2008, and at the same time inbound demand has expanded, Vietnam is the number one candidate country for Kyushu companies to consider expanding markets overseas. And the number of high/secondary school students visiting Vietnam on school excursions has nearly tripled to 2,986 in the past five years. Currently there is an increased demand for air travel between two places, therefore they will add more flights in the future.