Cam Ranh Airport in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa will become an international airport with the opening of an official direct air route linking Cam Ranh and Vladivostock in Russia on December 12.

This was announced at a recent working session between Chairman of the Khanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee Vo Lam Phi, leaders of the Minh Nhat Ltd.Co. and representatives of Russia’s Vladivostock Avia and Transero Airlines.

Under the agreement, TU204 aircraft will be used for a flight every two weeks and the flight frequency will be increased later. Another air route will also open for flights from Moscow to Cam Ranh and vice versa.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will organize road shows in France and Taiwan this month to woo more tourists to the country, according to Vu The Binh, Director of the Department of Travel under VNAT.

He said that VNAT would cooperate with the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese Society in France to organize a road show in Paris.

Local tourism officials and entrepreneurs will join the event there from December 12 to 19, where they will seek to promote Vietnam tourism as well as tighten relationships with French travel firms, Binh said.