The Vietnam Tourism Association has launched a nationwide tourism recovery program to kick off early October with tours to low-risk green zones. But the epidemic still causes challenges to the industry. An in depth interview with Dr. Nuno F. Ribeiro – Senior Lecturer and Research Cluster Lead, RMIT Vietnam – reveals the new normal of tourism and timeline for a broader reopening to international tourism in Vietnam. Dr. Nuno F. Ribeiro reveals the new normal of tourism and timeline for a broader reopening to international tourism in Vietnam. – What should the tourism industry prepare to return to a normal business if HCMC and other provinces are allowed to resume business after…
Author: Kevin Le
It’s widely acknowledged that foreign investment has played a very important role in Vietnam’s economic growth since its opening-up of the economy in the late 1980s. Hence, many people are worried about the probable withdrawal of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) from Vietnam when the country was forced to prolong its social distancing measures to combat the spreading of the virus in recent months which impacted FIEs’ production plans. On September 17, several foreign business associations in Vietnam including AmCham Vietnam, the US-ASEAN Business Council, EuroCham and KoCham co-signed a petition to the Prime Minister proposing strategies to restore safe production and…
Vietnamese cryptocurrency hits $9 bln market cap a nine-time surge in two months. According to cryptocurrency database CoinMarketCap, an AXS coin is now priced at $149.57, rising 75 percent in the last four days. The data showed, AXS now ranks as the 20 biggest cryptocurrencies in the world. Its market cap reached $1 billion for the first time in July, according to a report by Global Business Services LLC (GBS), a global business and legal services company in Vietnam. ###: Vietnam has the second highest rate in terms of cryptocurrency use Axie Infinity (AXS) is a blockchain-based game in which players…
The Việt Nam national team during their first training session in the UAE for their crucial match against China. Photo courtesy of VFF HÀ NỘI The Việt Nam national team are in the final stages of preparation for their decisive match against China in the UAE on Friday. Hoàng Anh Gia Lai’s star Nguyễn Phong Hồng Duy said that, despite languishing in 5th place in Group B, the team will fight for their first three points of the final round of World Cup qualifiers. “They are a strong team but we will do everything we…
Vietnam recorded additional 5,382 local Covid-19 cases in 37 localities Monday, up 15 cases from previous day, pushing the ongoing wave’s tally to 809,376. According to the health ministry, three localities with the highest number of new cases were Ho Chi Minh City with 2,490 cases, Binh Duong with 1,210 cases and Dong Nai with 701 cases. The number of Covid cases in HCMC in the current outbreak has surpassed 400,000. ###: Over 44.63 million people in Vietnam have been given at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose The authorities also confirmed 27,683 recoveries the same day, bringing the total tally of…
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The Việt Đức Hospital is the site of the latest COVID-19 cluster in Hà Nội. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Việt Đức (Việt Nam – Germany) Friendship Hospital, the site of the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in Hà Nội, has asked three local hospitals to receive about 1,000 of its patients, so they can focus all their efforts on clearing up the virus. From September 30 to 5pm October 4, there have been 41 cases of COVID-19 in connection with the hospital. Leaders of the hospital on Sunday said that all COVID-19 patients at the hospital have been transferred to the…
The three apps – which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure – all completely stopped working shortly before 11pm (Vietnam local time). Other products that are part of the same family of apps, such as Facebook Workplace, also stopped working. Visitors to the Facebook website simply saw an error page or a message that their browser could not connect. The WhatsApp and Instagram apps continued to work, but did not show new content, including any messages sent or received during the problems. Several users have taken to Twitter to report an outage on these platforms. At the…
In pursuit of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, Vietnam is switching to green growth in which offshore wind power is expected to be one of the major sources in its energy mix. Ørsted, a Denmark-based renewable energy company that takes tangible action to create a world that runs entirely on green energy, is growing its footprints in Vietnam. In a conversation with The Hanoi Times, Vietnam Country Manager at Ørsted Sebastian Hald Buhl talked about the potential of Vietnam’s offshore wind power even though it remains nascent. Why did you choose Vietnam? Vietnam has some of…
Việt Nam Railway Authority will coordinate with Việt Nam Railways Cooperation (VNR) in planning to resume several commercial itineraries. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam Railway Authority has issued a document asking for feedback from localities on the resumption of railway transportation while ensuring COVID-19 safety. According to Vũ Quang Khôi, Head of Việt Nam Railway Authority, due to the complex developments of the latest outbreak, commercial railway services were halted since late August in many localities enforcing stringent social distancing in line with Prime Minister’s Directive 16. Strictly following the temporary guidelines on commercial railway transportation, Việt Nam Railway Authority will coordinate with Việt Nam…