Vietnam travel vaccinations

Central Retail, which operates outlets under the brands Go, Big C, and Top Markets, said all customers are required to have been vaccinated with at least one dose or to have recovered from Covid-19 as the city requires. The chain will continue to strictly carry out safety requirements, said Marketing Director Nguyen Thi Bich Van. Lender ACB has done the same at all its branches. The company have also assigned people to help elders who are not tech-savvy. Gong Cha bubble tea is also requiring customers to show a ‘green pass’, a mobile app that records the users’ vaccination status. Local residents comply with the city’s regulations, and as the city has a high vaccination rate, there is not much difficulty for people to obtain a green pass, spokesperson Tran Ngoc An said. Some businesses are also using QR codes to record the travel history of employees and customers. These codes are placed at the entry points of buildings. Nguyen Bich Tram, CEO of female fashion chain OLV, …

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Illustrative image. (Photo: AFP/VNA) Phnom Penh (VNA) – The Cambodian government decided to shorten the quarantine period from October 18. However, the absence of regular commercial flights to Cambodia from the main tourist hubs and people traveling for business purposes is raising concerns about a lack of international visitors. Many experts and travel agency representatives in Cambodia said that when the new normal state is applied, Cambodian authorities need to closely monitor "travel bubbles" with countries that Cambodia regularly receives a large number of flights to and from, both direct or transit. Currently, flights from Malaysia to Cambodia have been banned since July 2020. This ban needs to be lifted so that regular flights are restored. According to a statement released by the Cambodian Ministry of Health on October 16, foreign investors, technical experts, diplomats, and cooperation project managers and coordinators, as well as Cambodian officials returning …

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Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Lê Văn Thanh Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Lê Văn Thanh told Vietnam News Agency how the ministry had made huge efforts to implement social security policies to keep labourers working after the peak of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of 2020, Government issued many solutions to support its people, businesses and labourers. What are the differences between those policies and the ones introduced at the fourth outbreak of the pandemic? Previously, we had many policies to support businesses and people affected by the pandemic. During this fourth wave of the pandemic, we issued new policies, especially focusing on supporting workers, employers and groups of people directly affected by COVID-19. We have provided more specific support and regulations, and included those who have lost their jobs in the coverage of the policies. In particular, we focused on monetary …

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A view of Đà Nẵng City at night. — Photo baodanang.vn ĐÀ NẴNG — The central city of Đà Nẵng plans to reboot local tourism from October 20, as the COVID-19 pandemic has been under control. From November, the city will embark on “travel bubble” with the central province of Quảng Nam and the northern province of Quảng Ninh, heard a meeting between the municipal People’s Council and local voters last week. Director of the municipal Tourism Department Trương Thị Hồng Hạnh said the city will initially welcome domestic visitors and pilot the serving of foreigners with the slogan “Enjoy Đà Nẵng”, ensuring safety of tourists and employees in the sector. Also in November, the city will serve international visitors who come for official duty, visit relatives and return home. They will be put under quarantine for a week and follow other regulations by the Health Ministry. Others include tourists on full-package tours and those with vaccine passports, focusing on those from the Republic of …

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Local residents were eager to buy a ticket and enjoy the beautiful landscapes passing by along the Saigon River. The 40-minute boat trip from Bach Dang Wharf to Linh Dong Wharf helped Kieu Anh and many other passengers once again feel the vitality of Vietnam’s southern hub, which has been hit hard by the pandemic. The Daily Company, which runs the waterway transport route, expects to operate 12 trips at 50 percent onboard capacity initially. Passengers are required to show a QR code or a vaccination certificate declaring their travel and vaccination history, or a certificate proving they are free of COVID-19, and must strictly follow the “5K message” during the trip. Fares remain the same as before the pandemic, at 15,000 VND per trip. VNA …

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