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The COVID-19 pandemic has been brought under control, and life for most people returned to normal. However, non-cash payments, encouraged during the pandemic to limit contact, have become popular among many people.

Football star Nguyen Quang Hai has got a working visa for France, according to his representative Nguyen Dac Van, who added that he is expected to back to the European country this week.

Leading footballer Nguyen Quang Hai has signed a contract with a club of France but he kept its name undisclosed.

Vietnam and Burundi have signed an agreement on visa exemption for the two countries’ citizens holding diplomatic and official passports.

Techcombank has received eight awards from the global payments company Visa for its achievements in 2021. These prestigious awards were presented last month.

The Indonesian government has expanded the list of countries whose citizens can obtain a visa on arrival (VoA) to 72.

The Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) cooperated with the global digital payment company Visa to launch contactless payment services at the former’s petrol stations across the country on May 31.

Malaysian national carrier Malaysia Airlines has launched MHflypass ASEAN, a fixed-rate pass that allows multiple trips to destinations all-year-round across the region, the airline said in a statement.

Vietnam dropped COVID-19 test requirements for visitors entering the country from May 15, a move expected to boost the recovery of the country’s tourism industry.

Vietnam's Trade Counsellor in Russia Duong Hoang Minh has proposed the Russian Government consider exempting visas for Vietnamese tourists for 15 days, in the context that it has exempted visas for visitors from Laos and Thailand for 30 days.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has met with leaders of global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and Visa Group in New York and held phone talks with the Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during his trip to the US.

From now on, foreigners can enter or exit Vietnam through Van Don International Airport in the north-eastern province of Quang Ninh.

Vietnam and Oman have sealed an agreement on visa exemption for bearers of diplomatic, special and official passports.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued Document No. 829/PA-BVHTTDL on its plan to reopen the tourism sector in the new normal.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked for stronger efforts to import COVID-19 vaccines to complete the target of giving second shots to children aged from 12-18 years old within April and children from 5 to under 12 years old within the second quarter of this year, enabling them to go to school safely.

Vietnam Reopening, a tourism promotion programme after the country’s border reopening to international travellers, took place in London on April 7.

The Indonesian government confirmed on April 4 that it will reinstate visa exemption for citizens from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members as the country begins to relax international travel restrictions amid a steady decline in new COVID-19 cases.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) of Vietnam and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have signed the first bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the Australian Agriculture Visa Programme.

The number of international arrivals to Vietnam in March increased by 41.4 percent over the previous month and 2.2 times against the same period last year as Vietnam has fully reopened and many international flights have been restored, according to General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnamese with an agriculture visa will certainly be welcome to farms and regional communities across Australia, Chief Executive Tony Mahar of the Australian National Farmers' Federation (NFF) has said.