Thailand to reopen for quarantine-free entry from 46 countries, including the U.S., China and the U.K., from Nov. 1 in a bid to boost tourist inflows into an economy ravaged by floods and COVID-19. Thursday’s announcement was well above the 10 countries that the government had earlier proposed for its plan to reopen to international visitors. ###: It’s official: Vietnam opens the country to foreign tourists from November 20 Other places on the list include Australia, Germany, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. “If we want to attract more foreign tourists to stimulate our tourism and…
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A woman in the south-central province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu is vaccinated against COVID-19. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health announced 3,985 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, as well as 56 deaths. The new cases were found in 50 cities and provinces nationwide, with 1,782 cases detected outside of centralised quarantine or locked down areas. Eight cases were imported. HCM City reported the highest number of new cases with 1,205, followed by Bình Dương (471) and Đồng Nai (417), Đắk Lak (266), An Giang (220), Sóc Trăng (148) and Tây…
Rise in Vietnamese kidnappings of others from Vietnam in Japan over gambling debts. From January through September, at least 42 Vietnamese were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping for profit or for ransom. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. An increasing number of Vietnamese have faced kidnapping, held captive by other Vietnamese who want to force them to repay debts or seek ransom from relatives in Vietnam. These cases have risen rapidly since last year when the novel coronavirus infection spread, the Japan News citied a report by Yomiuri Shimbun.. According to the local media, many Vietnamese who had financial…
At least five Vietnam localities are ready to welcome foreign tourists in November, including Phu Quoc island of Kien Giang, home to Nha Trang beach city of Khanh Hoa, home to Hoi An old town of Quang Nam, Da Nang and home to Ha Long Bay of Quang Ninh Visitors need to furnish a certificate showing they were fully vaccinated at least 14 days prior to arrival or recovered from Covid while those under 18 must furnish a negative Covid test result. During the first phase starting November, foreign tourists coming to the five localities must confirm in advance their…
GDP next year to expand 6%-6.5%, prime minister says Wednesday Government pledges flexibility to ease blockages, aid recovery Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. Vietnam’s prime minister said economic growth will accelerate in 2022 after undershooting expectations this year, as the nation aims to revive manufacturing and exports from a crippling coronavirus outbreak, Bloomberg reported. Premier Pham Minh Chinh, speaking Wednesday at the opening of parliament’s fall session, forecast gross domestic product next year will expand in a range of 6% to 6.5%. ###: Vietnam’s economy will rebound from COVID-19 hit: Prime minister The annual address to the National Assembly,…
United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer celebrates his win over Atalanta in the Champions League. AFP Photo Paul Kennedy Manchester United’s comeback victory against Atalanta this week sure lifted the dark cloud that’s been hovering over Old Trafford for the past month or so. Two nil down at half time, then goals from Marcus Rashford, Harry Maguire and a late winner with just nine minutes to go from, who else, but Cristiano Ronaldo, sealed the victory and put United top of their group. But I’m sorry to say, the win is nothing more than…
The Vietnam Festival of Creativity & Design (VFCD), held from 6 to 21 November this year, aims to create an open, timely and interactive platform for creative individuals and organisations to engage with thousands of people online. Now in its third year, VFCD is organised by RMIT University Vietnam in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies (VICAS) and COLAB Vietnam. Spotlight on Vietnam’s creative future Under the theme Creative Future, this year’s program includes talks, workshops, exhibitions, podcast series, contests, and various online activities and discussions…
Vietnam has beaten eight other rivals to win the title “Asia’s Leading Destination” at the 2021 World Travel Awards. Its competitors are China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand. More stories at Vietnam Insider’s homepage. UNESCO heritage site Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh was also named Asia’s leading tourist attraction. Since its recognition as a UNESCO natural world heritage in 1994, Ha Long Bay has found a spot on the global tourism map, with travel bloggers and filmmakers hailing its emerald waters and thousands of towering limestone pillars topped by rainforests.…
The Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) at a press conference reviewing the agency’s work in Việt Nam in the first half of the 2021 fiscal year. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) will continue its efforts to support Việt Nam’s socio-economic development, JICA Chief Representative in Việt Nam, Shimizu Akira, said on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference reviewing the agency’s work in Việt Nam in the first half of the fiscal year 2021 (from April 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021), Shimizu said that JICA has focused on technical and financial cooperation and consolidating…
In the e-commerce era, any product which is expected to be social currency with strong spreading capacity must be talking point. Especially in today’s era when the distribution form of centralized flow gradually declines and social e-commerce suddenly rises, it becomes more necessary to attach socializing characteristic to products. At that crucial point, insanemalls emerged, which ignites the central operation principle of product spreading automatically by using socializing characteristic, bases on social e-commerce, takes community marketing as method, focuses on the power of progressive business and intends to achieve alliance of merchants and mutual benefits for customers. It connects merchants…