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The Hanoitimes - Vietnam continues repatriating its citizens at a time when the country has undergone 5 days without local transmission. Vietnam has been continuing repatriating its citizens from countries affected by the novel coronavirus, bringing home as many as 1,000 people on June 4-6. Repatriating citizens remain one of Vietnam's priorities currently. Photo: Vietnam Airlines Passengers of the repatriation flights remain those of priority list, including children under 18, the elderly, the sick, people with pre-existing diseases, students without dormitories, stranded visitors, and people of special cases. Within three days, national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines safely carried home 310 passengers from Finland and Sweden, more than 340 from Japan, and nearly 340 from the UK. Passengers are from Finland and Sweden. Photo: Vietnam Airlines The latest repatriation flight landed in Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on June 6 from Helsinki and Stockholm. Passengers who were on Vietnam Airlines’ most modern airplane Boeing 787-10 are the first Vietnamese citizens repatriated from Finland and Sweden. At present, Sweden is one of the hotspots of coronavirus outbreak in Europe with 43,887 cases. Sweden is among few countries that have approached the pandemic in their own ways. Passengers queue to fly home from Japan. Photo: Vietnam Airlines On June 5, more than 340 citizens arrived in the central city of Danang on a flight from Japan. So far, Vietnam has operated several repatriation flights from Japan. Japan has become one of major markets for Vietnamese workers, students, and visitors over the past years. Passengers on a repatriation flight from the UK. Photo: Vietnam Airlines On June 4, a repatriation flight by Vietnam Airlines landed in Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City with nearly 340 passengers from the UK. The UK is current the …

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Editor’s note: Luong Hoai Nam, former deputy head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, says the current visa policy is discouraging international tourists from visiting the country in his op-ed exclusively written for Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. Nam’s piece of writing is particularly worth noticing at a time when Vietnam reported its tenth straight drop in tourism arrival number in March, according to the VNAT statistics. The Vietnamese tourism visa policy, especially the complicated procedures to get a visa, is one of the import reasons why the number of international tourists visiting Vietnam did not increase but continuously shrank over the past time. Local tourism authorities attributed the falling number arrivals in ten months in a row to the plunges of the Russian and Chinese markets, while the growths of other markets could not offset for such losses. Such explanation, to me, is only partially correct. Reality is that the tourism visa policy is a very significant hurdle for the growth of international tourism in Vietnam. Complex visa rules; short exemption list With nearly eight million international visitors a year, including those who come by road via the borders with China, Laos, and Cambodia and those who arrive for business and investment purposes, the number of tourist arrival to Vietnam is only equal to that of a single destination in Thailand, Pattaya. And it is lower than that of Phukhet. Thailand rakes in US$60-65 billion from about 25 million international tourists it welcomes on an annual basis. The tourist arrivals of Hong Kong and Singapore are triple the figure of Vietnam. In my opinion, one of the main reasons vacationers do not choose Vietnam is the country’s visa policy, especially its complicated procedures. Holidaymakers do not mind paying a few dozens of U.S. dollars to get a visa, but they are indeed discouraged by complicated formality, and will thus travel to where they can enjoy a visa …

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PM joins G20 leaders’ video conference on COVID-19 combat Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined a G20 leaders’ video conference on COVID-19 prevention and control, held on the evening of March 26, as an initiative by Saudi Arabia which holds the presidency of G20. The event featured the participation of leaders of G20 member nations and representatives from international organisations, including the UN, the WB, the IMF, the WTO, the WHO, the OECD and the ILO. In his address, PM Phuc stressed the significance of international and regional solidarity, cooperation and coordination in combatting the epidemic, while affirming Vietnam’s determination and commitment in the field. NA Standing Committee convenes 43rd session NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan speaks at the session. (Photo: VNA) The 43 rd session of the National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) took place in Hanoi from March 23-25 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. During the three-day sitting, the NASC listened to Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam’s report on the Covid-19 epidemic situation along with solutions and plans to prevent and combat the epidemic in Vietnam. Lawmakers also looked into and commented on a number of draft laws on which different views remain. Google Doodle honours Vietnamese iconic ‘ banh mi’ Google Doodle honours Vietnamese iconic ‘banh mi’. Search engine giant Google released its latest doodle on March 24, featuring the savoury and satisfying Vietnamese street-food sandwich known as ‘b anh mi ’ to mark nine years since banh mi was admitted into the Oxford English Dictionary. In its description, Google hailed ‘ banh mi ’ as a smorgasbord of flavours that represents a true melting pot of cultures and ingredients alike. Together with ‘ pho’ , ‘ banh mi ’ is an iconic dish representing Vietnamese cuisine that has won the favour of eateries worldwide over the past few decades. The baguette has been …

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