Hanoi, March 4 -- Hanoi's Department of Tourism has requested the Hanoi Tourism Association, the Hanoi UNESCO Travel Club, the Hanoi Tourism Corporation, local tourism associations, and international travel service providers in the city to suspend and refrain from organising tours to dangerous conflict-hit areas in the Middle East in line with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)'s warnings.

Vietnamese citizens have been advised not to travel to Iran, Israel, and other countries in the Middle East at present due to ongoing conflicts and complicated security developments, according to an official dispatch sent by the department to the above-mentioned units on March 3.

To ensure the safety of Vietnamese tourists as well as international...