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/ May 25, 2020

Vietnam considers reopening to foreign tourists in new normalcy

The Hanoitimes - Hotels in Quang Ninh province were over crowded over the weekend. The Vietnamese government is considering reopening to foreign tourists as the country and the world enter a new normalcy driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a meeting with key leaders of Quang Ninh province on May 24. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc addresses at a meeting with key leaders of Quang Ninh province. Photo: VGP Phuc also asked other localities across the country to strongly promote and prepare all conditions for welcoming domestic travelers in the time ahead. In the context of the pandemic. Welcoming back foreign tourists should be prepared with a focus on the safety of tourists, said experts in the field. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will submit a schedule for re-starting inbound tourism in the coming time. In the first four months of 2020, international arrivals to Vietnam plunged 37.8% year-on-year to 3.7 million, according to the General Statistics Office. In April alone, the number of tourists fell 98.2% from a year earlier and 94.2% against March. The pandemic impacted on the whole tourism industry and its goal of welcoming about 20.5 million international visitors this year is highly unlikely. At the meeting on socio-economic restoration measures of Quang Ninh province in the post-Covid-19 period, the prime minister praised the encouraging restart of the province's tourism industry with a focus on domestic travelers. Depending greatly on the tourism industry, the province suffered a great loss due to the pandemic. PM Phuc said he was impressed witnessing the large turnout of domestic tourists to Quang Ninh province almost immediately after the province, home to the UNESCO-recognized heritage Ha Long Bay, reopened for tourists. On May 23 alone, roughly 11,000 people visited the bay. A resort in Cam Pha City, Quang Ninh province. In the first months of …

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/ March 4, 2021

Getting rich quickly, Ninh Binh businessman about to become dollar billionaire

Nguyen Duc Thuy, or Boss Thuy, has stock assets worth VND17.3 trillion. However, his real assets are believed to be higher. Nguyen Duc Thuy (right) The price of TDH shares of Thaiholdings increased sharply in the last few trading sessions, exceeding the VND200,000 per share threshold. Since early December 2020, its value has increased by 10 times, from VND20,000 per share to VND201,000. With 86 million TDH, Thuy now has stock assets of VND17.3 trillion. However, the figure could be higher if counting other properties. Thuy was believed to buy a large amount of LienViet Post Bank (LPB) recently. Prior to that, Thuy attended the gong beating ceremony on the day LienViet Post Bank entered the bourse, together with the bank’s key leaders. If only considering the stock assets from TDH, Thuy would be listed as the sixth richest stock billionaire, just after the billionaires listed by Forbes, namely Pham Nhat Vuong, president of Vingroup; Tran Dinh Long, president of Hoa Phat Group; Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, CEO of Vietjet Air; Ho Hung Anh, president of Techcombank; and Nguyen Dang Quang, president of Masan. Thuy is even believed to be richer than the ‘real estate tycoon’ in the south Bui Thanh Nhon, president of Novaland, and Pham Thu Huong, the wife of Vuong. There have been some changes in the list of stock billionaires in Vietnam recently. Long of Hoa Phat Group has become the second richest billionaire, just after Vuong. Meanwhile, in Forbes ranking, Long is in the third position. The first and second positions still belong to Vuong of VIngroup and Thao of Vietjet Air. Thuy is now the chair of the board of directors of Thaigroup and the biggest shareholder of Thaiholdings. He once was on the post of Thaiholdings’ chair, but resigned in February and is now the founder of Thaigroup. Thaiholdings’ capitalization value has soared to VND70.4 trillion, or $3.5 billion. In late 2020, Thaiholdings fixed the list of shareholders and issued 296.1 …

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/ March 4, 2021

Yen Tu pagoda complex silenced by Covid-19

A checkpoint on the way to Yen Tu Mountain in Uong Bi Town of Quang Ninh, home to world famous Ha Long Bay. All pagodas and temples in Quang Ninh were shut from Feb. 14 to March 2 as the northern province became a major Covid-19 hotspot, with 61 community transmissions recorded during the country's latest outbreak that commenced on Jan. 28. Overcrowding is common at pilgrim sites in the early days of the first lunar month annually. In previous years, Yen Tu received tens of thousands of Buddhist pilgrims a day during the first lunar months seeking to pray for luck and peace. Visitors can take a cable car, built 10 years ago, to Dong Pagoda at the mountain top. An employee remains on duty to operate the cable car even though there is no one around. The footpath to Hoa Yen Pagoda is left completely deserted. Yen Tu Mountain is associated with the legend of King Tran Nhan Tong, who founded the Truc Lam Zen sect in the late 13th century after abdicating his throne and embracing the life of a Buddhist monk on the mountain. All temples and pagodas on the mountain stand bereft of visitors. At an altitude of 535 meters above sea level, Hoa Yen Pagoda is the oldest and biggest in Yen Tu. Mot Mai Pagoda, one of the top tourist attractions on Yen Tu Mountain. Quang Ninh has recorded no Covid-19 community transmissions over the past three weeks. Provincial authorities allowed some non-essential services to resume operations from Wednesday except in Dong Trieu Town, formerly under lockdown. But pandemic prevention protocols remain in place, including social distancing, health declarations and masks, while tourist services are only allowed to serve locals. …

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