Eight months after Alma’s closure, prompted by COVID-19’s resurgence in Vietnam, the 30-hectare resort will reopen on January 15 betting on a brighter future. “In my time managing hotels for decades, when you have a hotel’s grand opening usually the first two years make for the gift that keeps on giving,” Alma’s managing director Herbert Laubichler-Pichler. “Yet since Alma’s debut in late December 2019, we nor anyone else the world over has experienced anything like the rollercoaster ride, with all of the tourism industry’s fits and starts as we dealt with three major lockdowns.” Since the resort’s closure from May…
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Foreign nationals in Vietnam will no longer have their visas automatically extended due to Covid-related complications as international flights resumed, the country’s Immigration Department has announced. A New Zealand teacher stuck in Vietnam who has been attempting to get home since July was given less than two weeks’ notice that her visa would expire. Other Kiwis in Vietnam on expired visas were given a five-day warning, via an email on Monday, to change their visa or leave the country if they can’t access New Zealand’s managed isolation system. ###: Here’s why Vietnam ends automatic visa extension for stranded foreigners The email…
Muay thai Bàng Thị Mai of Việt Nam (right) lands a kick on April Joy La Madrid of the Philippines at the World Muay Thai Championship in Thailand in December. Mai won the bout. Photo courtesy of Trịnh Nam Thái Thanh Hà HÀ NỘI Winning national tournaments in four different martial arts disciplines is no big deal for Bàng Thị Mai. On top of that, she has added a gold medal from the Muay Thai World Championships, held in Thailand in December, to her collection. The ethnic minority fighter gained fans across the country when she won gold at the…
This article is also available in Vietnamese Zone Startups Vietnam (ZSV) signed a 3-year partnership agreement with the Business School of the Hong Kong University (HKU FBE). Through this partnership, Zone Startups Vietnam and HKU Business School affirm and ensure long-term cooperation in coordinating and implementing startup support activities for both startup communities – Vietnam and Hong Kong including: Training and consulting for startup models conducted by Entrepreneurs, Experts who are partners of Zone Startups Vietnam and HKU Business School Supporting facilities and working conditions for Vietnamese and Hong Kong startups through the program in conjunction with HKU Business School’s…
Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically. The reason: The variant has proved so wildly contagious that it may already be running out of people to infect, just a month and a half after it was first detected in South Africa. “It’s going to come down as fast as it went up,” said Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. At the same time, experts warn…
Midfielder Nguyễn Hoàng Đức is waiting for PCR test result after testing positive for COVID-19 last week. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Players on the national men’s and women’s football teams are the latest COVID-19 patients in the sports community. The Việt Nam Football Federation (VFF) has confirmed that two players in the men’s squad, midfielder Nguyễn Hoàng Đức and forward Nguyễn Văn Toàn, have had positive tests. Both were infected with the coronavirus during their time with their families after the AFF Cup, earlier this month. Đức was tested positive on January 6 and is…
Many countries and territories, including the United States, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, South Korea and China’s Taiwan, have agreed to resume air routes to Vietnam, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV). Most have basically agreed with Vietnam’s proposal on the frequency of four regular international passenger flights per week per direction, Vietnam News Agency reported. ###: Here are the most recommended destinations by activity to recharge in 2022 by travelers in Vietnam The South Korean aviation authority said there were limits on the number of incoming international passenger flights to South Korea due to COVID-19 pandemic prevention regulations. There…
Aging at Home: 10 Devices to Keep Seniors Safe at Home – Vietnam Insider In most cases, the idea of elders living in their homes has been met with trepidation from the caretakers, family members, and doctors. Source: Vietnam Insider
Vietnamese lawmakers on Tuesday approved a stimulus package worth nearly 350 trillion dong (US$15.4 billion) for the 2022-2023 period to prop up the country’s pandemic-hit economy and support those impacted by coronavirus curbs. The Southeast Asian country is targeting gross domestic product expansion of 6.0per cent to 6.5per cent this year, up from last year’s decades-low growth of 2.58per cent. Vietnam’s annual GDP growth averaged 6.55per cent over the five years prior to the pandemic. The latest stimulus package includes measures to reduce value-added tax by 2.0 percentage points, cut loan interest rates by 0.5-1.0 percentage points and increase infrastructure…
An old man in Hà Nội is vaccinated against COVID-19 at home. Vaccination coverage is one of the criteria for the assessment of pandemic risk levels. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has asked the Ministry of Health to promptly review and amend guidelines on COVID-19 risk level assessment criteria. The ministry has also been urged to provide specific instruction on the usage of COVID-19 drugs, including anti-viral treatments. The current criteria pandemic risk levels are: new confirmed cases in the community over time (Criteria 1); vaccination coverage (Criteria 2); and treatment capacity of medical and treatment establishments…