Hanoi has set itself a target to greet 35-39 million tourists by 2025, including 8-9 million foreigners, earning about VND151 trillion (US$6.53 billion), under the city’s recently-launched tourism development strategy with a view to 2030.

VOV.VN - The majority of hotels located in the capital have been left virtually deserted in recent months despite remaining open, largely due to the negative impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) which has stopped foreign visitors entering the country.

VOV.VN - Top Vietnamese leaders have extended messages of congratulations to their Chinese counterparts on the 71th National Day of China (October 1).

Foreigners who entered Vietnam from March 1, 2020 can have their temporary stay permits automatically extended for another month until October 31, the Immigration Department announced on September 30.

Only 44,000 foreign visitors arrived in Vietnam during the third quarter of this year, equivalent to just 1% of the figure in the same period last year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported on September 29.

VOV.VN - A number of international schools and English teaching centres nationwide are facing the prospect of a shortage of foreign teachers caused by the negative impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The ASEAN-Korea Centre (AKC) has recently held the 2020 ASEAN Youth Career Mentorship Programme in the form of a teleconference, where many questions regarding visa, labour market and employment were cleared up.

The current pandemic has not only put mounting pressure on the quality of Vietnamese banks’ assets and profitability but also hampered some lenders’ cross-border mergers, forcing them to take different approaches to their foreign ownership limit.

The Ministry of Justice, in collaboration with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam and the UK Embassy, held a workshop on presentation of the database on the recognition and enforcement in Vietnam of foreign courts’ judgments and foreign arbitral awards.

VOV.VN - By September 20 the total amount of foreign investment capital in new and existing projects through adjustment, capital contribution, and share purchases reached a figure of over US$21 billion, equal to 81.1% from last year’s corresponding period, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.