Quang Nam Province, home to tourist hotspot Hoi An of Vietnam will welcome two charter flights carrying over 400 American tourists under a vaccine passport program next week. Last week, Khanh Hoa, home to famous tourist hotspots Nha Trang and Cam Ranh, welcomed two flights from South Korea and Japan with 429 passengers. The first flight with 203 passengers onboard is scheduled to land at Chu Lai Airport on Wednesday, followed by the second flight with 226 passengers the next day, said Nguyen Thanh Hong, director of the province’s Department of Tourism, as cited by the province’s news portal. They…
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Lê Hương The coronavirus pandemic has caused much trouble for co-operatives in the northern province of Lào Cai. Among a total of 431 local co-operatives, 310 are still in operation while 121 have ceased their business and await dissolution. More than 220 co-operatives, just over 50 per cent of the total, are in agriculture. Trương Mạnh Hùng, chairman of the province’s Co-operatives Alliance, said that over the first three months of this year, the operation of agricultural co-operatives had gradually returned to normal. Yet since April, when a fourth pandemic wave hit the country, most…
Football Coach Park Hang-seo issuing instructions during the match between Việt Nam and Japan on Thursday in Hà Nội. — Photo of VFF HÀ NỘI — Park Hang-seo admitted he has never met such difficulty in his coaching career after the World Cup qualifying match against Japan on Thursday. Việt Nam, despite careful preparations, lost 1-0 to Japan, recording their fifth loss in a row in the third round of the World Cup qualifiers at Mỹ Đình Stadium. “My players tried their best but we should look at individual abilities between two sides. We have…
Medical staff in Hà Nội take a sample for COVID-19 testing. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — A total of 8,982 new COVID-19 cases were reported across Việt Nam on Friday, taking the total number of infections to 1,009,879. The Ministry of Health also announced a further 81 deaths. Out of the new cases, 4,180 were detected in the community and six were imported and quarantined upon arrival. Compared to the previous day, the number of daily cases has increased nationally by 831 cases. HCM City again tops the daily list with 1,388 new infections, followed…
Domestic gold prices on November 11 surpassed VND60 million per tael after U.S inflation report. More stories at Vietnam Insider’s homepage. At 4:30 pm on November 11, the Saigon Gold and Jewelry Company (SJC) announced the buying price of a tael of gold at VND59.2 million, up VND550,000 a tael and the selling price that was VDN59.9 million, up VND600,000 a tael in HCMC. At the same time in Hanoi, SJC gold was priced VND59.3 million per tael for buying and VND60.02 million per teal for selling, presenting an increase of VND600,000 per tael. During the session last night on…
Vietnam’s government is aiming to fix a coronavirus-induced labour shortage by end of this year or early in 2022, its prime minister said on Friday, as it seeks to revive its economy after the steepest quarterly contraction on record. Businesses are struggling to restore full operations in Vietnam due to a labour shortage in the wake of the mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of workers from industrial hubs in October when COVID-19 curbs were lifted. “The fourth wave of COVID-19 infections have seriously affected the labour market, with a high unemployment rate,” Pham Minh Chinh told lawmakers. ###: HCM City…
Europe was one of the first regions in the world to deploy coronavirus vaccines, yet parts of the continent are seeing a resurgence in cases, with some countries experiencing their highest infection levels of the pandemic. In the Czech Republic, new daily cases are up 33 percent over the past week, while recorded infections have jumped by 52 percent in Croatia and 49 percent in Austria, according to a Washington Post tracker. On Thursday, Germany’s weekly case rate soared to a record 249 new infections per 100,000 people, according to the country’s infectious-disease agency, eclipsing last winter’s high of about…
Vietnam’s health ministry has confirmed 8,162 new coronavirus cases to the country caseload on Thursday, lifting the national count past one million patients. The latest cases, including 17 imported and 8,145 local transmissions, were recorded in 56 provinces and cities, the ministry said, adding that 3,951 patients acquired their infection from the community, health ministry reported. The data showed, Ho Chi Minh City logged 1,185 of the domestically-transmitted infections, Dong Nai Province 930, Tay Ninh Province 656, Binh Duong Province 615, An Giang Province 595, Tien Giang Province 417, Kien Giang Province 399, Binh Thuan Province 237, Ba Ria-Vung Tau…
A scene in ‘The Great Passage’ which is among the films to be screened at Japanese Film Festival Online in Việt Nam. — Photo courtesy of the organisers HÀ NỘI Japanese films of different genres will be introduced to cinema lovers nationwide in Việt Nam through the second Japanese Film Festival (JFF) Online that is scheduled to get underway from November 15. Due to the impacts of the pandemic, the Japanese Film Festivals worldwide including Việt Nam once again will be held online and in two phases. All JFF films this year will be screened for free via the streaming site of the…
The coming winter months, including the festive Tet season, may spark new Covid-19 outbreaks if people are not careful, the health minister warned Wednesday. More stories at Vietnam Insider’s homepage. Addressing a National Assembly session, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said that as Vietnam enters a “new normal” period the coronavirus is making a comeback in certain localities. Despite ongoing outbreaks, many people have been neglecting Covid-19 prevention measures like keeping distances, wearing masks or medical declarations, he added. “Northern Vietnam is entering a cold period and Tet is near, meaning there will be many activities with large gatherings. We…