Destinations along the coast and close to major cities are top choices for the late-April holidays in Vietnam, amid high airfares and severe heatwaves, according to data from travel platform Agoda.

The British Vietnam Caving Expedition Team has discovered a sinkhole-like cave featuring an underground waterfall in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, a UNESCO world natural heritage site home to world’s largest cave Son Doong.

Police in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai recently came to the aid of several foreign tourists who were injured in separate incidents.

China is poised to overtake the U.S. as the largest tourism economy as a share of global GDP in the next few years, with its growing inbound numbers helped by increasingly flexible visa policies.

Vung Tau, a beach town about a two-hour drive from downtown Ho Chi Minh City, has emerged as the most searched destination among Vietnamese travelers for the late-April holiday period, which spanned seven days, according to Agoda data.

Thailand’s national flag carrier and biggest airline Thai Airways will reduce flight frequencies to Asian and European destinations for May 2026, citing high fuel costs and a slowdown in tourism demand.

British budget carrier EasyJet drew attention after asking passengers to disembark a flight that exceeded weight restrictions under prevailing conditions.

Singapore’s Changi Airport, voted the world’s best this year by Skytrax, handled 17.6 million passengers in the first three months of 2026, a 2.3% rise year-on-year despite disruptions caused by the Middle East crisis.

A breakdown in the baggage handling system at Terminal 1 of Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the largest in Southeast Asia, has prompted Malaysian authorities to launch an investigation, after passengers faced prolonged delays.

Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang has officially resumed air services from Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) from April 2026, signaling broader global connectivity.