Street life

Since Vietnam officially declared the COVID-19 pandemic under control earlier this year, foreign enclaves in Ho Chi Minh City have, once again, begun to bustle, with old stores resuming their operations and new shops opening every day in commercial spaces that sat unoccupied for months on end. Once Vietnam dropped its on-arrival COVID-19 testing requirement for foreign travelers and reopened its international air routes in mid-May, the number of foreigners entering the country began to increase, paving the way for foreign enclaves in Ho Chi Minh City to return to their pre-pandemic life. In Tan Phong Ward, District 7, home to a significant portion of the South Korean community in Ho Chi Minh City, many stores that shut down between late 2020 and early 2022 are once again open for business, and new shops are moving into commercial spaces that have sat empty for months. Kim Yong Min, a South Korean national living in District 7, shared that his eyeglasses stores, which mainly … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City’s foreign enclaves settle into ‘new normal’

Check out the news you should not miss today: COVID-19 Updates -- Vietnam’s Ministry of Health reported 2,983 COVID-19 cases on Friday, raising the national tally to 11,379,554, with 10,056,190 recoveries and 43,103 deaths. Society -- Doctors at National Lung Hospital in Hanoi said on Friday that they had successfully removed a 6.5-centimeter branch that had been puncturing a 22-year-old man's right lobe for 14 years. -- The People’s Court in Binh Thuan Province, south-central Vietnam, handed down a 14-year sentence to a 49-year-old man for running a fuel smuggling ring with the total value of more than VND2 trillion (US$85.5 million). -- Rains are expected to continue lashing throughout Vietnam on Saturday as the influence of the tropical depression in northern Vietnam and the southwest monsoon becomes stronger due to a low-pressure area in southern localities. -- Fifty buildings on Kim Ma Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi experienced severe subsidence and cracking … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – August 20

Quang Nam is now ready for an effervescent National Tourism Year 2022. (Photo: VietnamPlus) Hanoi (VNA) - Tourism is seeing a revival. It is worthy to note that the National Tourism Year 2022 with the theme of “ Quang Nam – Green Tourist Destination” will officially open on Hoi An Memory island March 26. The event is expected to kick off a vigorous recovery of Vietnam’s green tourism sector. Every preparation has been readied to create hundreds of impressive and enjoyable activities and programmes. Special, significant opening ceremony According to the Quang Nam Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, preparations are all done for the opening ceremony. The focus is an art programme with the theme of “Quang Nam – Green Tourism Destination” to be held in the evening of March 26, with the performance of some 600 artists. The 90-minute programme will tell the story of “Green Tourism”, stretching from the mountains and forests to the sea and the islands. The event … [Read more...] about Preparations complete for Quang Nam National Tourism Year 2022