HCM City to allow fully vaccinated tourists to revive travel industry People in HCM City will be allowed to travel if they have received a second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at least two weeks earlier or were infected and recovered from the disease.

City to allow employees with green cards to return to work at state-owned companies

State-owned companies in HCM City will be allowed to reopen in October with employees who have been granted green cards and with no more than 50 per cent of their staff in the office.

Streets of Hà Nội busy as social distancing measures eased

Many streets in Hà Nội were busy on the first day of the capital city easing social distancing measures.

Yarn mooncakes, lanterns help to make Mid-Autumn Festival complete

Social distancing has prevented Nguyễn Thu Thảo from meeting with parents for dinners, lighting paper lanterns for the kids, eating mooncakes, and moon-gazing together during the coming Mid-Autumn Festival.

Fruit trays help wish for luck, health during Mid-Autumn Festival

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Nguyễn Thu Hiền in Hà Nội has tried her best to arrange a five-fruit tray (locally known as mâm ngũ quả) to worship her ancestors and for her children to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Usually the fruit tray includes bananas, a grapefruit, a persimmon, a custard apple and a pomegranate.

Cần Giờ welcomes first tour after months of social distancing The HCM City Department of Tourism recently worked with Saigon Tourism Corporation (Saigontourist Group) and People's Committee of Cần Giờ district to organise a tour to Cần Giờ District on September 19.

Vocational schools struggle with admissions

Vocational colleges are struggling to meet admission quotas at a time of the year when usually students will have already started school.

Experts identify new trends in the development of IPs

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have slowed down the operations of businesses in industrial parks (IP), disrupting supply chains and labour, according to a recent report by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

Hà Nội allows reopening of non-essential services

 Hà Nội’s authorities have allowed the reopening of some non-essential services across the city from 6am on September 21.

Enterprises in industrial parks in two ‘safe districts’ in HCM City resume operation with half staff The Management Board of HCM City Export Processing Zones and Industrial Parks Authority (HEPZA) has approved a pilot programme to allow enterprises in export processing zones and industrial parks in District 7 and Củ Chi District, considered ‘safe’ districts, to resume operation beginning Monday.