Analytical data from the Google Destination Insights tool (Travel Trends) shows that from the beginning of December 2021 to the beginning of January 2022, the number of international searches on Vietnam has increased sharply by 374% compared to the same period in 2021. This is a positive signal, showing the ability of Vietnam's tourism industry to recover quickly and strongly in the new year. According to the above tool, as of January 1, 2022, the number of searches increased by 222% over the previous month and 248% over the same period in 2021. From the beginning of January 2022 until now, the international search volume for Vietnamese aviation has always remained at a very high level Search volume for accommodation also started to increase from the beginning of December 2021. By the beginning of February, it has increased by 86% compared to the same period in 2021. According to statistics, visitors from countries such as the US, Australia, Russia, France, Germany, Japan, … [Read more...] about International visitors increase their search for information on Vietnam tourism
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Indian scientists helps build capacity for Vietnam on monkeypox control
A isolated Monkeypox treatment ward at a hospital in Ahmedabad in India. (Photo: AFP/VNA) New Delhi (VNA) – Scientists at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)’s National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune are training experts from Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand to tackle monkeypox amidst escalating concerns over the disease. As part of India’s response to protecting its population from the new threat, NIV scientists are training their counterparts in these countries on testing, clinical symptoms, case definitions, sample collection, and equipment required for testing. NIV Pune has been conducting such training programmes for other countries from time to time, like it did during the COVID-19 pandemic and even before for biosafety and bio-risk mitigation, said Dr Pragya Yadav, a senior scientist at NIV Pune. If these countries develop the capacity to diagnose and detect monkeypox cases, that would … [Read more...] about Indian scientists helps build capacity for Vietnam on monkeypox control
Vietnam seeks ways to boost competitiveness of tourism
Vietnam strives to restore tourism back to the state of 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic broke out. Vietnam’s latest tourism planning places emphasis on the sustainable development of the industry to make it the spearhead in the country’s economy in the years to come. Overview of the conference held on August 9. Photo: MCST The issue was discussed at a conference held on August 9 which gathered domestic and foreign officials and experts to provide ideas for Tourism Planning for the period 2021-2030 and a vision for 2045. The planning has many important points, including quality, efficiency, and competitiveness of an industry that generated US$32 billion in 2019 (before the Covid-19 pandemic). It aims to restructure the tourism industry with spatial orientations and development solutions coupled with the planning of tourist sub-regions, maritime tourism, among others. Vietnam’s tourism industry needs to be oriented by a long-term vision, based on … [Read more...] about Vietnam seeks ways to boost competitiveness of tourism
Vietnam facilitates travel of Vietnamese, foreign citizens
At the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi on August 11, Hang said amid the complicated and uncertain developments of the COVID-19 pandemic with new, more virulent and transmissible variants as well as the emergence of new epidemics like monkeypox, several countries are yet to open their doors and continue limiting travel, some of which are major tourism markets of Vietnam. As the global economy continues to struggle from the pandemic, international tourism has not yet fully recovered, and Vietnam is not an exception. Following the Prime Minister’s directions to accelerate the tourism recovery in the new situation, Hang said Vietnam has promoted the mutual recognition of 'vaccine passports' and the signing of international treaties on entry-exit, adding that Vietnam was one of the first countries to resume entry-exit policy via visa granting and waivers on March 15, 2022. According to the spokeswoman, Vietnam is one of the Southeast Asia countries with the most favorable … [Read more...] about Vietnam facilitates travel of Vietnamese, foreign citizens
Vietnamese doctors help needy Laotians in overseas volunteer trip
For 14 days, 5,000 Laotians received free treatment and medical support from medical practitioners from Vietnam, as part of a volunteer project. The regular volunteering trip involving Vietnamese doctors to Laos was halted for two years following the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that crossing the border is again possible, the young Vietnamese doctors made their way to the people of Attapeu and Champasak Provinces. Besides providing treatment and drugs, the Vietnamese volunteers spent time holding professional talks with their Laotian counterparts. Tiring, yet satisfying The envoy from Vietnam set up 10 diagnosis desks on a given makeshift premise as part of their ‘miniature hospital’ initiative. They provided service in internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, and surgery in the neighboring country. They also coordinated with local authorities to manage the flow of patients and welcomed a large number of them during their two-week visit. At 8:00 am every morning, … [Read more...] about Vietnamese doctors help needy Laotians in overseas volunteer trip
Biden tests negative for COVID, White House physician says
President Joe Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 after testing positive with a breakthrough case for days, the White House physician said on Saturday. The Democratic president, "in an abundance of caution," will remain in isolation until he tests negative on a second test, Dr. Kevin O'Connor said in a memo released by the White House. Biden, 79, emerged from isolation at the White House on July 27 after testing positive for COVID-19 for the first time on July 21. He tested positive again on July 30 in what O'Connor described as a "rebound" case seen in a small percentage of people who take the antiviral drug Paxlovid. The illness has kept Biden from traveling and doing public events, though he has appeared at meetings virtually. He held two sets of remarks outdoors this week, on Monday to mark the death of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and on Friday to discuss U.S. jobs figures. Being negative again would allow Biden to go ahead with a planned trip to Kentucky on … [Read more...] about Biden tests negative for COVID, White House physician says