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Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on August 20 affirmed that Singapore is keeping up economically after the COVID-19 pandemic and is expecting positive growth.

Thai authorities have relaxed procedures to create favourable conditions for migrant workers and address labour shortages in the post-COVID-19 recovery process.

Garuda Indonesia, the national flag carrier of Indonesia, and Singapore Airlines plan to enter into a joint venture (JV) to increase passenger capacity between the two countries as post-COVID tourism in Southeast Asia ramps up.

Vietnam attaches great importance to its friendship and cooperation with Switzerland, a Party official said on May 18.

At least 600,000 Indian tourists are expected in Thailand's Pattaya beach town this year, similar to the level before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

Vietnamese tourism businesses are making efforts to draw Chinese visitors with demand for deluxe services, sensing that the segment is expanding after COVID-19.

Many southern localities have formed and optimised trans-regional tourism products to promote the attractiveness of both local and regional tourism.

The pair of Mong Cai (Vietnam) – Dongxing (China) International Border Gates officially resumed customs clearance procedures for international tourist on March 15.

The ASEAN Framework on Sustainable Tourism Development in the Post-COVID-19 Era has been recently released to guide the work on ASEAN’s sustainable tourism development agenda.

A photo contest themed “Amazing Vietnam” was launched in Hanoi on December 21, aiming to promote the country’s tourism industry post COVID-19 as well as to attract more domestic and international tourists.

Vietnam’s fishery export has completely recovered after the COVID-19 pandemic, reeling in 10 billion USD as of November this year, said General Secretary of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) Truong Dinh Hoe.

A programme entitled “Pride of Vietnamese goods - Quintessence of Vietnamese goods” has opened at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi. The event is expected to link manufacturing enterprises in the post-Covid-19 period.

Big data can support over 100 billion USD worth of opportunities in Southeast Asia, particularly across the five focus countries, namely Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand, according to an report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on August 17

A workshop on preserving and promoting the value of world heritage sites in Vietnam in the post-COVID-19 period is scheduled to take place in Hoi An, central Quang Nam province, this month, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Experts suggest focusing on niche tourism products and slow tourism as well as quality in efforts to restore the global hospitality industry.

A green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia has the potential to create 172 billion USD in investment opportunities annually and generate more than 30 million jobs by 2030, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

With stable growth in the economy, infrastructure, urban management, tourism and investment attraction, the central city of Da Nang is challenging to develop into a ‘liveable’ city of regional and global status.

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held bilateral meetings with his Indonesian and Bruneian counterparts on June 16 in the framework of the Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers' Meeting (SAIFMM) in New Delhi.

According to the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, Vietnamese brand building aims to connect trade and promotion to increase domestic consumption. The efforts are aimed at recovery, specifically stimulating consumer spending now that the COVID-19 pandemic is subsiding.

Vietnam aims to welcome five million international visitors in 2022. However, by the end of the first quarter, statistics show that the number of foreign visitors remains modest.