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By the time he turned 27, Phan Thanh Quoc had visited 30 countries and 150 cities. And now he is working to earn enough money to take a trip around the world after the Covid-19 pandemic ends. The beauty of Cao Bang Quoc, 29, was visiting Trung Khanh, Cao Bang province when he met a reporter from VietnamNet. At first, Quoc was going to be there for one month, but because of Covid-19, he decided not to return to HCM City but stay to learn more about the life and culture of Trung Khanh’s people, and wait for the rice ripening season. “I live in a homestay run by a local family. I am now a member of their family, not a traveler. I cook with them and do fieldwork,” Quoc told the reporter. The young man who has a passion for travel visited 50 cities and provinces in Vietnam when he was a university student. By the time he was 27 years old, he had been to 30 countries and territories. He stopped traveling abroad in early 2020 when Covid-19 broke out. Instead, he has spent …

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With an overall score of 96.21 out of 100, Six Senses Con Dao topped the list in the magazine’s World's Best Awards this year. "At this all-villa resort on a little-visited Vietnamese island, that mission involves supporting sea-turtle conservation—an activity in which guests can participate in its perfectly parabolic, shallow, white-sand bay," Travel + Leisure said. Six Senses Con Dao on Dat Doc Beach is the only five-star beach resort in the Con Dao archipelago off Vietnam's southern coast. Located inside Con Dao National Park, it has 50 beach villas, built mainly with natural materials and each with a private swimming pool. The Four Seasons The Nam Hai Hotel & Resort near Ha My beach in the central town of Hoi An ranked sixth with an overall score of 93.78. Four Seasons The Nam Hai in Hoi An. Photo courtesy of Four Seasons The Nam Hai The complex of 100 villas has a combination of traditional and modern architecture. This year's World's Best Awards …

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Along with the launch of a pilot plan aimed at welcoming international tourists to Phu Quoc island, the Vietnamese tourism industry is preparing to gradually expand to other destinations across the country, including Ha Long, Hoi An, Nha Trang, and Da Lat. Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO-recognised world heritage site in northern Vietnam. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recently issued a plan aimed at implementing measures to stimulate tourism demand and revive the local tourism industry by the end of the year or by the start of next year. In line with this plan, priority will be given to speeding up the COVID-19 vaccination drive for residents and workers at tourist centres in order to ensure safety for tourists. Most notably, tourism service establishments and tourist destinations will be required to improve their pandemic prevention capacity and abide by COVID-19 guidelines set out by the Health Ministry, along with facilitating the travel of …

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A resident in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, gets vaccinated against COVID-19. (Source: Xinhua/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Cambodia ’s number of vaccinated people had exceeded 12 million, while Thailand has set a goal of injecting about 50 million people or 70 percent of its population by the end of this year. Cambodia has administered at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccines to 12.05 million people, or 75.3 percent of the nation’s 16-million population, between February 10 and September 19, said the health ministry's secretary of state and spokeswoman Or Vandine. Of them, over 10.3 million, or 64.4 percent, have been fully vaccinated with both required shots, while 830,814, or 5.2 percent, have received a booster dose. As of September 19, some 98.27 percent of 10 million target adults, 88 percent of nearly 2 million target adolescents aged from 12 to under 18, and 25.94 percent of almost 1.9 million target children aged from six to under 12 have taken at least one dose, she said. …

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Customs clearance time for exports shortens The average duration for customs clearance for exports last year stood at 38.4 hours, a decline by 57.38 hours compared to 2019, according to a survey of an inter-sectoral working group. The cost for such procedures averaged 338 USD, falling 81.72 USD against 2019. Meanwhile, the time for imports was 54.8 hours, a drop of 48.88 hours. Total cost for the procedures hit 313.17 USD, plunging 256.41 USD. Document digitalisation is among important reasons that help businesses save time and costs for customs clearance for cross-border trade. The deployment of the Vietnam Automated System for Seaport Customs Management (VASSCM) also facilitates port-related activities. According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, import and export documents in 2020 amounted to 6.75 million and 6.98 million, respectively. Trading across borders indicator set is part of the World Bank’s annual Doing Business rankings since 2001. The set …

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Lá phiếu bốc thăm đưa tuyển Việt Nam vào bảng B, gặp các đối thủ Malaysia, Indonesia, Campuchia và Lào ở AFF Cup 2020. After being postponed due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the draw for the AFF Cup 2020 took place online at 2pm on September 21 in Singapore. The event opened with emotional images of the moment when the Vietnamese team received the championship cup of the previous tournament. AFF President Sameth Khiev said that Vietnam, as the defending champion, would enter the tournament with determination to defend its position. However, other teams like Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are also ready to topple opponents. Vietnam and Thailand are the top seeds so they are not in the same group. Vietnam is named in Group B, with Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia and Laos. Group A consists of Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore and the winner of the play-off match between Timor-Leste and Brunei. Vietnam is in the same group with Malaysia. …

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Experts have said that Vietnam should open its door for vaccinated foreign travelers at the same time as Thailand (on July 1) or even earlier. Vaccine Passport, a new term implying that tourists who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 can freely travel worldwide, has entertained hopes of recovering local tourism, the sector has been hit hard – maybe hardest of all – by the Covid-19 pandemic in Vietnam. Topas Ecolodge Resort - a favorite travel destination of foreign tourists in the North of Vietnam. Photo: Booking.com Is Vietnam ready to open for international tourists in July? Pham Ha, Chairman of Lux Group, told The Hanoi Times that his business and other local tour operators are now waiting for an announcement from the government regarding the resumption of international tourism. He hopes that Vietnam would open up for travel in the third or fourth quarter this year. “Many countries around the world have already successfully implemented the …

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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend the high-level General Debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session (UNGA 76) in New York from September 21-24. The trip takes place at a time when Vietnam is celebrating the 44th anniversary of the country’s membership in the UN (September 20, 1977 – 2021). Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc addresses the General Debate of the UN General Assembly 's 73rd session in the US's New York on September 27, 2018 (local time). Over the last 44 years, Vietnam has grown from just an UN member to a strong and trustworthy partner of the world’s largest multilateral organization for peace and sustainable development. Vietnam’s four-decade UN membership has been a journey full of major imprints left by the UN in the country’s post-war reconstruction, “Doi Moi” (Renewal) period and international integration. With the help of UN specialized agencies and related organisations, Vietnam has been able to utilise external resources, …

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People are itching to get back to normality, and this can include flights for business or pleasure. Photo: Vietnam Airlines The Vietnam Tourism Advisory Board (TAB) is again looking at the feasibility of travel passes for domestic and international travel from Vietnam, having further studied the use of such certificates elsewhere. “Many parliaments have adopted vaccine passports in law. We suggest that the Vietnamese government assigns a ministry to act as the focal point, responsible for research and pilot implementation of a travel pass in an early and synchronous manner across the country,” said Hoang Nhan Chinh, secretariat director of TAB. Unlike a vaccine passport, which is only issued to those who have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, a green travel pass could be issued to all Vietnamese citizens and foreigners with temporary residence cards who have received two doses, or patients who have been granted recovery certificates and people who have tested negative …

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The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was one of Vietnam’s major achievements when the country was serving as the Chair of ASEAN in 2020. Vietnam is taking the last steps to ratify the RCEP and may be among the first countries to do so, while other member countries are expected to complete the ratification process before November 2021. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh. Source: MoIT Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh told the local media on the progress of the RCEP following the conclusion of the 53rd ASEAN Economic Minister Meeting. According to Khanh, in case six ASEAN countries and one of the three partners including South Korea, New Zealand, and Australia conclude the ratification of the RCEP, the deal would take effect in early 2022. Khanh added the RCEP is one of Vietnam’s major achievements when the country was serving as the Chair of ASEAN in 2020. “Vietnam had been working alongside ASEAN …

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