Australia's Jetstar Airways is to launch direct flights from Melbourne to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from May 10.

this year, naming it a rising holiday destination star in Southeast Asia.

 

Jetstar Group ceo Jayne Hrdlicka said: “Vietnam has the potential to be as popular as Bali or Thailand for Australian travellers."

 

Australian tourists were named the biggest spenders in Vietnam in a 2015 tourism report.