Vietnam Maritime Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MSB) announced on December 15 that it has become the first Vietnamese lender to sign a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Alibaba.com, a global business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform of Alibaba Group, to support importers and exporters in the new normal.
Enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City, the locality hardest hit in the fourth wave of COVID-19, have been adjusting to the “new normal” after around 100 days the city applied social distancing measures.
Developing a skilled workforce should be considered an important pillar to help the country adapt to the new normal and the national economy quickly recover from the recession and grow intensively and sustainably, heard a session of the Vietnam Economic Forum 2021 on December 5.
A group of 30 international visitors from the US, the Republic of Korea (RoK), and Canada arrived in Quang Nam on November 17, becoming first tourists to visit the central province after it has been selected as one of localities piloting to welcome foreign visitors in the new normal.
Enterprises, especially foreign-invested firms affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, had their tax-related concerns cleared up by the Hanoi Department of Taxation during an online conference on November 16.
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen has highlighted the importance of promoting the integration of the ASEAN Community in the new normal, saying it was a necessary task to transform ASEAN into a resilient and competitive region.
Northern Quang Ninh province is one of the localities that have well-controlled the COVID-19 pandemic, with almost no cases of infection in the past 3 months. Utilising many solutions to catch up with the “new normal”, it is gradually recovering its tourism industry by making domestic travellers a focus.
The Government of Laos has extended COVID-19 restriction measures until November 14 but included provisions for the reopening of schools in the near future.
Several places of historical and scenic interests in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, home to the ancient capital of Hue, will be connected in a tour aiming to attract domestic tourists back to the province in the post-pandemic period.
As Hanoi, together with other localities nationwide, is gradually returning to the new normal, the municipal tourism sector is also reactivating itself with a relatively large number of Hanoians drawn to local destinations - an encouraging sign for its recovery.
Da Nang city, a large tourist magnet in the central region, is taking various measures in an effort to revive tourism in the new normal, after a long hiatus caused by the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections.
One of the tasks set out by Minister Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien is to encourage the construction of industrial development support centers in localities having conditions to develop industry and services.
Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities have urged residents to continue complying with pandemic prevention measures while the city prepares four scenarios for COVID treatment depending on the number of cases recorded weekly.
A safety tour with a combination of automatic audio guides and traditional sightseeing has been launched recently at the Vietnam National Museum of History. The event was organised by the museum in collaboration with the Hanoitourist Corporation (Hanoitourist) to adapt to the current COVID-19 pandemic and adjust the museum's operations in the new normal.
Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Dao Minh Tu said that favourable conditions will be created to facilitate businesses’ access to loans, but credit quality still needs to be guaranteed and bad debt needs to be controlled in the short, medium, and long terms.
Choosing to live safely and flexibly with COVID-19, the Government has agreed to a set of criteria for the recognition and use of COVID-19 vaccine passports from countries and territories. Airlines have already resumed many domestic routes.
Experts believe that when Hanoi gradually moves to the “new normal” after COVID-19 outbreaks, citizens’ awareness is the most important factor to prevent the panemic from spreading again.
The southern province of Binh Duong on October 18 held an online meeting with executives of Japan’s NTT East and Tokyu Groups to discuss measures to effectively attract investment there.
As Vietnam has entered the “new normal” phase, people must change their behaviours to safely live with COVID-19, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told a meeting in Hanoi on October 18.
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