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There will be only 18 domestic flights left at Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City, leaving the usually packed airport nearly deserted. The Ministry of Transport has ordered that starting from March 30 to April 15, Vietnamese airlines are only allowed to operate Hanoi-HCM City, Hanoi-Danang, Hanoi-Phu Quoc, HCM City-Danang and HCM City-Phu Quoc routes. Each route will have one flight per day. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Tan Son Nhat Airport received 800 domestic and international flights each day. On March 30, only 18 flights left. Most of the planes have been grounded. The airports only receive cargo planes and foreign planes that arrive to repatriate their citizens to each country. Passengers were asked to stay two metres away from each other, wear face masks and have body temperature taken. Vietnam Airlines announced that they had reduced the total air routes from 35 to eight domestic routes and only 10% of the seats were filled. The routes are maintained for emergency needs. … [Read more...] about Empty Tan Son Nhat Airport after flight ban

The hotel has welcomed a total of 157 guests, including 127 from the South Korean epidemic region. All of the guests have since completed 14 days of isolation, with the last guest leaving on March 21, before the hotel was disinfected and embarked upon a pause of business activities to wait for tourism to be rehabilitated. Speaking to VIR, Bui Thuy Hanh, director of the 4-star hotel, said that the establishment received four Chinese guests quarantined in early February at the request of local authorities. After the four guests checked out, the hotel was again asked to prepare for welcoming guests from South Korea. … [Read more...] about The ambassadors within nation’s tourism industry

For example, in the agricultural sector, Vietnam boasts great potential for agricultural production thanks to its favourable climate and soil conditions. The country is among the largest exporters of farm produce in the world, such as coffee, rice, pepper, fish, and shrimp. The agro-forestry-fishery export turnover last year hit $41.3 billion, up from $40 billion in 2018. In another case, Vietnam’s total textile and garment export turnover hit $39 billion last year, up from $36 billion in 2018. … [Read more...] about Historic deal augurs trade renaissance

As for air transportation, the ministry assigned the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam to scale down domestic flights. Only two round-trip flights should be operated daily on the Hanoi-HCMC air route for each carrier, while the Hanoi/HCMC-Danang routes can operate one daily return flight each. … [Read more...] about Passenger transport by road halted until April 15

Linh Hoa, a staff member at Lotte Dao Tan, told VIR that customers are almost exclusively residents of the apartment building where the store is located. Previously, Lotte had been a favoured shopping destination for tourists, especially from South Korea, with 50 per cent of its revenue coming from this customer group. However, since the pandemic broke out, both footfall and purchases have plunged. … [Read more...] about Retailers implement creative quick fixes to drum up custom