Vietnam travelling

The city, a tourism hot spot, reintroduced social distancing measures for 15 days staring July 28 after confirmation of a resurgence of domestically-transmitted cases. Public transport services, including flights to and from the city with a population of 1.1 million people were suspended to contain a fresh Covid-19 outbreak. … [Read more...] about Vietnam to evacuate 400 stranded tourists from Covid-19 epicenter Da Nang

Despite a drop in output in July, firms remained confident in the 12-month outlook for production. Sentiment was down only slightly from that seen in the previous month. According to respondents, expected improvements in market demand and new orders were behind the positive outlook for output. … [Read more...] about Vietnam factory activity dips in July as Covid-19 impacts grow

The production sector is expected to obtain 1.5 percent growth rate in 2020 and contribute to the general growth rate decreasing by 1.8 percentage point. Meanwhile, the contribution to GDP by the service sector is predicted to decrease from 2.8 percentage points in 2019 to 0.5 percentage point. … [Read more...] about Covid-19 holding Vietnam’s economic growth back

The virus has spread to nine localities across the country, with Da Nang alone recording 120 cases. It was followed by Quang Nam province (35), Ho Chi Minh City (8), Dak Lak and Quang Ngai provinces (3 each) Hanoi capital (2), and Thai Binh, Ha Nam and Dong Nai (1 each). … [Read more...] about COVID-19: Another case detected, Vietnam has 621 cases

The giant tour company suffered a loss of over VND38 billion ($1.63 million) in the second quarter, its third quarterly loss in a row, according to its latest consolidated financial statement. Revenues were down 90 percent year-on-year to VND206 billion ($8.85 million). … [Read more...] about Leading tour operator reports loss of $3.4 mln