Golfing could boost recovery of tourism industry

As Việt Nam begins to tentatively welcome international tourists back to its shores, an increased emphasis on golf tourism could provide a well-needed boost to the beleaguered tourism industry after nearly two years of COVID-19 restrictions. 

Photo contest calls for Koreans to share favourite pictures of Đà Nẵng The central city’s tourism promotion centre, in co-operation with HanaTour company, has launched an Instagram photo contest – Đà Nẵng in My Heart – for Koreans living in Việt Nam and abroad.

HCM City creates more inner-city tourism activities

A number of routes with tourism destinations within HCM City have been created to encourage inner-city travel.

Khánh Hoà welcomes first international tourists after pandemic hiatus

The central coastal province of Khánh Hoà, home to famous beach towns Nha Trang and Cam Ranh, welcomed the first international tourists with vaccine passports on Thursday after a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

HCM City to provide Favipiravir to COVID-19 patients instead of Molnupiravir HCM City will provide the antiviral drug Favipiravir to COVID-19 patients for treatment in place of Molnupiravir since stock of the latter is running low across the city.

Localities urged to strengthen control over COVID-19 and winter-spring communicable diseases

The Ministry of Health has urged localities to strengthen control over not just COVID-19, but also infectious diseases that occur during the winter, especially viral respiratory and gastrointestinal viruses. 

Four more trains for HCM City metro to arrive from Japan Four more metro trains for HCM City's first metro line project connecting Ben Thanh Market with Suối Tiên Park will be shipped to the city in the next few weeks.

Australian programme helps Vietnamese farmers overcome pandemic

The Gender Responsive Equitable Agriculture and Tourism (GREAT) Programme is an AU$ 33.7 million (US$22.5 million) Australian Government funded initiative that promotes gender equality and women’s economic empowerment, with a focus on the ethnically diverse provinces of Sơn La and Lào Cai in Việt Nam’s north-west. The programme has spared no efforts in helping local enterprises overcome the obstacles caused by the pandemic to maintain operations. Lê Hương chats with Phil Harman, the programme’s team leader, on the efforts.

Vietnam, Japan issue joint statement toward opening new era in bilateral extensive strategic partnership

Việt Nam and Japan on November 24 issued a joint statement toward the opening of a new era in the bilateral extensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia on the occasion of Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính’s official visit to Japan from November 22-25.

Private collectors should be key in heritage preservation: researcher The National Museum of Vietnamese History in downtown Hà Nội is hosting an exhibition titled ‘Vietnam ceramics: A Separate Tradition – From the An Biên Collection’. Most of the objects belong to a private collection owned by businessman Trần Đình Thăng from the northern coastal city of Hải Phòng. Lê Hương speaks with Phạm Quốc Quân, the former director of the museum and a member of the Việt Nam Culture Heritage Association’s Executive Board on the role of private collectors in preserving cultural heritage.