The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines said that it will increase domestic flights during the National Day holiday from 2 - 4 September .

A plane of Vietnam Airlines at the Noi Bai International Airport. (Source: VNA)

From September 1-4, the airline will add 238 one-way flights, equal to 68,000 seats, to bring the total number of seats available during the days to over 178,000, up 61 percent against the same period last year.

Most additional flights are on key routes such as Ha Noi-Da Nang, Ha Noi-HCM City, HCM City-Da Nang and routes to tourist destinations like Nha Trang, Da Lat and Phu Quoc.

Vietnam Airlines will give a 20 percent discount for 7,100 first customers who buy tickets at the website www.vietnamairlines.com during September 1-6. The promotion is only applied for domestic flights departing between September 6 and December 28.

(Source: VNA)