Trudeau pledges 50 million dollars

According to the chairman of the Ha Dong people's committee, Vu Ngoc Phung, in the first half of the year, the industrial and handicrafts sectors in the district have been growing at a good rate. They are economic spearheads along with others like trade, tourism and services, helping restructure the local economy and creating tens of thousands of jobs. … [Read more...] about Billion dollar developments spur Ha Dong growth

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

Several leaders, such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, said the crisis could be an opportunity to grow a "more resilient" economy to aid the fight against global warming. … [Read more...] about Some 50 world leaders call for post-pandemic cooperation

Hanoi (VNA) - The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a 48.8 percent decline in the number of foreign tourists visiting Vietnam in the first five months of the year, with the total standing at 3.73 million. The General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on May 29 that 72.9 percent of foreign tourists in the period were from Asia, with numbers from the region down 51.4 percent year-on-year. Falls were seen in almost all major markets, such as China (down 57.2 percent), Malaysia (53.9 percent), the Republic of Korea (53.4 percent), Japan (48.2 percent), France (47.5 percent), the UK (44.3 percent), and Russia (23.2 percent). Conversely, the number of Cambodian tourists surged 118.3 percent. Revenue from tourism services in the period was estimated at 8.3 trillion VND (359 million USD), down 54.1 percent. Localities seeing significant declines in revenue include the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau (72.9 percent), south-central Khanh Hoa province (68.2 percent), HCM City (66.1 percent), … [Read more...] about International tourists down nearly 50 percent

Hoang Thi Thanh (former Chairwoman of the Farmers’ Union in Son La province’s Quynh Nhai district) and Lo Thi Truong (a resident of Son La city) were given suspended sentences of three years and 30 months. Both were freed at the first-instance trial, which began on May 21. … [Read more...] about Son La court sentences defendants in exam scandal