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A traffic accident involving three motorcyclists and their passengers killed three individuals and injured another two in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Nam on Wednesday afternoon. The fatal crash occurred at around 4:30 am on a road in Dien Tien Commune of Quang Nam’s Dien Ban Town. The head-on collision involved a motorbike carrying a local couple and two other motorbikes traveling in the opposite direction, one driven by a man with his mother from Da Nang to Quang Nam, according to the results of a preliminary probe. Tran Van Hoang Long, 14; Nguyen Thi Trang, 15; and Ho Tan No, 54, reportedly either died at the scene or on the way to the hospital, while two others suffered slight injuries. Local authorities were called to the scene to carry out an investigation. Vietnam recorded a total of 6,278 traffic accidents in the first six months of 2021, causing 3,147 deaths and 4,465 injuries, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee. Like us on Facebook …

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Fully vaccinated foreign visitors to Vietnam from November will not be placed in COVID-19 quarantine, according to a new rule in the latest draft guidance of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism that has been submitted to the prime minister for approval. The proposed new rule followed many suggestions that the Ministry of Health’s current seven-day quarantine fiat imposed on fully vaccinated foreign visitors should be removed to facilitate the country’s international tourism recovery after nearly two years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the rule, such visitors will undergo medical screening at an international airport of entry, including a COVID-19 test, and they can freely enjoy their tours if obtaining a negative test result, without being subject to quarantine. Once approved, foreign vacationers will be entitled to quarantine-free travel in Vietnam under the government’s multi-phase road map to revive international tourism from early next month. …

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Bình Sơn-Ninh Chữ Beach in Phan Rang City in the central province of Ninh Thuận. —VNA/VNS Photo Công Thử HÀ NỘI — Foreign visitors to Phú Quốc, Khánh Hòa, Quảng Nam, Đà Nẵng and Quảng Ninh –l ocalities selected in a pilot reopening programme – will not have to quarantine from next month as long as they test negative for SARS-CoV-2. They will also need to book a combo of air tickets, COVID-19 testing, hotel and registered destinations. According to a proposal by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on a pilot programme for foreign tourists beginning in November, those visiting Việt Nam for seven days will be tested as soon as they arrive. If negative, they could avoid a quarantine period. However, they have to commit to staying with their group, not leaving arranged locations and minimising contact with people from other tour groups. People on tours lasting more than seven days will be tested again on the …

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Ho Chi Minh City has allowed sit-down food and beverage services to reopen from Thursday, after nearly five months of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a decision of the municipal administration. The decision came as Vietnam is easing strict COVID-19 restrictions, which had been applied for several months, to reactivate socio-economic activities under ‘new normal conditions,’ a euphemism for living safely with the coronavirus. City authorities required restaurants and diners to stop offering in-person services in May to stall transmissions that have decelerated over the past few weeks owing to social distancing measures and a nationwide vaccination campaign. Under the decision issued on Wednesday, all dine-in eateries in the city are required to operate at no more than 50 percent of their normal capacity, to close by 9:00 pm every day, and not to serve alcoholic drinks to guests on the spot, except for those organizing wedding parties or serving customers at …

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