Aviation and hotel industries are bracing for a BIGBANG windfall ahead of the group's October concert in Hanoi, Vietnam. The K-pop group, which helped drive the Korean wave in the country, commands a massive local following. BIGBANG will bring its world tour to Hanoi at My Dinh National Stadium for two days on Oct. 24 and 25, local media reported Tuesday. Ticket prices are set between 1 million dong ($37.46) and 10.5 million dong. Ticket reservations are scheduled to begin Thursday, but demand for flights and hotel rooms was already rising as of Tuesday. Round-trip domestic flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi for the weekend of the concert have reached 5 million dong, more than 1.5 times the usual price, Vietnamese news outlet VnExpress reported. Fares are expected to climb further as the concert dates approach. When K-pop girl group BLACKPINK performed in Hanoi in July 2023, one-way flights on the same route peaked at 9 million dong. Accommodations are seeing a surge in bookings linked to the concerts. The Sheraton Hanoi Hotel reported that about 80 percent of its rooms are already