On the afternoon of June 22, the People's Committee of Can Tho City cooperated with Vietnam National Airlines (Vietnam Airlines) to hold the conference "Vietnam Tourism - Bright Destination" and the talk show "Promoting Post-COVID 19 Tourism in the Mekong Delta via the strategy of linking aviation with tourism ”. Attendants at the event were representatives of the People's Committee of Can Tho City, Dak Lak, Nghe An; leaders of Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism of provinces and cities; representatives of agencies, organizations and businesses in the tourism industry - tourism and economic experts.

One of the new products that is particularly noticeable in the tourism stimulus program of Can Tho after the COVID-19 pandemic is the Mai Linh Express high-speed boat 01 from Can Tho to Con Dao. The Can Tho - Con Dao high-speed boat will be put into operation in early July with 2 flights/day (on and off), departing from Ninh Kieu wharf (Can Tho) to Ben Dam Port (Con Dao).

According to statistics of provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta (M.D), due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, in the first 4 months of 2020, visitors to the Mekong Delta decreased by 41.6%, the number of stays by 50%, total revenue decreased by 42% over the same period of last year. The Mekong Delta Tourism Association has just coordinated with the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association to organize a conference in Can Tho City to deploy the main post-COVID-19 pandemic tasks of restoring and stimulating the Mekong Delta tourism. More than 150 organizations including travel agencies, restaurants, and hotel businesses, tourism areas, airlines, tourism businesses in Mekong Delta provinces and cities, and Ho Chi Minh City attended the Conference.

Auntie Bay has sold river-crab rice noodles at Cai Rang floating market for more than 30 years. She said while doing business in this market was extremely hard, smiling could keep her happy to continue her work and release herself from hardship as well.