Consular department's head and subordinates detained in bribery case involving repatriation flights The Investigation Security Agency under the Ministry of Public Security has prosecuted a bribery case at the Consular Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs while licensing the firms that conducted repatriation flights for Vietnamese people.

Việt Nam to scrap rapid COVID tests for arrivals on entry, increase commercial int'l flights Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh recently agreed to increase the frequency of commercial international flights, while applying the latest testing procedure as issued by the authorities.

Foreign tourist arrivals to Việt Nam up 42.4 per cent in November as country tentatively reopens Việt Nam welcomed over 15,000 foreign tourists in November, up 42.4 per cent from October, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

First foreign visitors under vaccine passport scheme enjoy Hội An tour after two years

After testing negative for COVID-19, a group of 50 foreign visitors under the pilot “vaccine passport” programme took a tour around Hội An Ancient Town in the south-central province of Quảng Nam over the weekend.

202 South Koreans with vaccine passports first int'l tourists to Phú Quốc after two-year freeze Kim Chang Ho, one of the tourists arriving on Saturday, said he loved travelling to Việt Nam and after receiving two shots of COVID-19 vaccines and being informed of Việt Nam's COVID-19 measures, he felt totally at ease and reassured about safety here.

How COVID-19 affects human trafficking in Việt Nam

COVID-19 has changed everyday life including human trafficking

Vietnam Airlines signs $173.7m credit deal with three banks

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has signed a credit deal, worth VNĐ4 trillion (US$173.7 million), with three commercial banks, to weather the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Phú Quốc island city to inoculate entire population, welcome foreign tourists by year-end The resort island Phú Quốc in southern Việt Nam is planning to fully vaccinate its residents against COVID-19 by September to welcome year-end foreign tourism surge, as part of vaccine passport pilot.

7-day quarantine for fully vaccinated arrivals to be trialled

They will need to introduce proofs of vaccination, with the types of vaccines approved by World Health Organisation (WHO), US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), European Medicines Agency (EMA), or Vietnamese authorities.

European, US business executives in VN urge faster COVID vaccination

The Government needs to allow companies to vaccinate staff at their own cost, members of the European Chamber of Commerce in Việt Nam (EuroCham) have said.