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Tra fish exports are expected to recover shortly with China gradually reopening its borders.

It has now been a year since Vietnam fully reopened its borders after a two-year closure due to COVID-19. The move has proven to be a catalyst in the recovery of tourism, trade, and investment activities.

Vietnam’s aviation industry is forecast to have a busy year ahead as China reopens its borders which had been shut down since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The northern mountainous province of Dien Bien has a 414km border with Laos. Thanks to a campaign to 'twin' towns and villages along the Vietnam-Laos border over the past ten years, the Dien Bien Border Guards have been helping residents across the border thanks to increased cooperation with the Laos Party Committee.

A music gala to raise funds for soldiers and people living in border areas and islands will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 9.

Doctors at Hanoi's Bạch Mai Hospital have warned of the risk of malaria from Africa as the hospital's Centre for Tropical Diseases is treating two malaria patients who returned from Angola recently.

Immigration services at entry points will be back to their pre-pandemic strength in anticipation of large crowds of travelers and an influx of foreign workers as the country reopens its borders on April 1, Malaysia's Immigration Department Director-General Khairul Dzaimee Daud said.

A bumpy road still lies ahead for most tourism service providers, preventing them from returning to pre-pandemic-level operations.

Vietnam has officially reopened international tourism on March 15. A conference was held the same day to deploy safe and effective reopening.

Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport welcomed the first international commercial flight on March 15 morning after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Malaysia will reopen its borders to international travellers starting on April 1, the country’s Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said on March 8.

New air Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTL) involving Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia will begin on March 15, 2022 as part of joint efforts to reopen international borders.

Laos and Thailand have agreed to reopen border crossings and checkpoints as soon as possible, reported the Laotian Times on February 24.

Malaysia’s National Recovery Council (NRC) has agreed to fully open the country’s borders in March to support the country’s economic recovery.

Staff members of Vietnam's third level-two field hospital at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have recently assisted doctors at a hospital run by the Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in conducting a successful caesarean section for a mother with severe kyphosis.

Lao authorities have ordered stricter control at borders with neighbouring countries after the first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was confirmed in Thailand on December 6.

Singapore and Malaysia will launch a quarantine-free travel lane at their land border crossing, one of the world's busiest, for people vaccinated against COVID-19.

Singapore will extend its vaccinated travel lane (VTL) scheme to more countries starting from November 29, according to Transport Minister S. Iswaran.

The time for customs clearance for exports, including the time for obtaining, preparing and submitting documents and and inspections, averaged 38.4 hours in Vietnam last year, a drop of 57.38 hours compared to 2019, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC).

Cambodia's Phnom Penh capital has become the city having the highest ratio of COVID1-19 vaccination in Southeast Asia, enabling the Ministry of Tourism and relevant agencies to design a plan to reopen the country’s borders for fully vaccinated international tourists.