11 months in dog years

Vietnam has implemented strict measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic and is currently not receiving international tourists; therefore, foreign arrivals were mainly experts and technical workers engaged in projects. In the past five months, tourists from Asia accounted for 72.9% of the total number of arrivals, 51.4% lower than that from the same period last year. The number of European visitors in the period saw a yearly decrease of 35.7%. The total revenue from the tourism sector was estimated at VND8.3 trillion in the past five months, down 54.1%. In early May, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism launched a programme “Vietnamese people travel Vietnam” to stimulate domestic tourism after the Covid-19 epidemic was brought under control. Accordingly, many airlines and travel enterprises have offered dicounted products and services to attract tourists within the country. … [Read more...] about Foreign visitors to Vietnam decline nearly 50% in past five months

With authorities recently warning individual investors about the risks of buying corporate bonds, the State Securities Commission of Vietnam could tighten regulations on their issuance this year in line with a government decree set to take effect next year, analysts of brokerage Mirae Asset Vietnam said in a report. … [Read more...] about Vietnam could tighten bond issuance this year: analysts

It is about four meters wide, and has images of the moon, the sun, the four holy beasts (the dragon in the east, qilin in the west, turtle in the north, and phoenix in the south), other animals, and daily activities. The top portion represents the upper world, and has the sun surrounded by four dragons with minor goddesses in the background. … [Read more...] about Tales of 300-year-old national relic

A match ball on display - PHOTO: REUTERS MADRID (REUTERS) - Spanish soccer’s top-flight will resume after a three-month pause due to the coronavirus pandemic on June 11 with the local derby between Sevilla and Real Betis, the government’s department for sport (CSD) said in a statement on Friday. … [Read more...] about La Liga season back on June 11 as organisers trial virtual crowd noise option

In total, the country granted investment licenses to 1,212 new projects capitalized at US$7.4 billion, a fall of 11.1% in terms of the number of projects, but a rise of 15.2% in capital. In addition, 436 existing projects registered to adjust their capital with an injection of US$3.5 billion, an increase of 31.4%. Moreover, the value of capital contributions and shares purchased by foreign investors reached approximately US$3 billion, representing a steep fall of 60.9%. … [Read more...] about Five-month period sees FDI total hit US$13.9 billion