VOV.VN - A number of foreign representative agencies based in Vietnam were given updates on the country’s consular policy on October 26 during a meeting on consular affairs with foreign representative missions held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

VOV.VN - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed that the Ministry of Transport consider the gradual reopening of regular international commercial flights in four stages starting in the fourth quarter of this year.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese travel operators have revealed that tens of thousands of Russian tourists have booked tours to travel to the nation, according to Vietnamese news website Zing news.

VOV.VN - A number of localities nationwide have announced plans to welcome back domestic travelers in November after months of suspending tourism services due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Quang Ninh, home to the world heritage site Ha Long Bay, plans to hold 50 events and programmes during the remainder of the year aimed at promoting local tourism, the provincial administration has revealed.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested the administrations at all levels to change their mindset and adjust COVID-19 prevention and control measures to suit the real situation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is scheduled to receive foreign visitors with a vaccine passport on a trial basis in November, before fully reopening to the international tourism market by June 2022.

VOV.VN - Anex Vietnam, an inbound tour operator, has submitted a 7+ scheme to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism aimed at welcoming the return of Russian visitors to the country after a hiatus caused by COVID-19.

VOV.VN - The central province of Quang Nam is making a plan in order to receive foreign visitors following the launch of a “vaccine passport” pilot model to be applied in Phu Quoc this November.

The seventh online meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council Working Group on Public Health Emergencies (ACCWG-PHE) was held on September 27.