The Immigration Department will extend its visa waiver programme for another month, officials have announced.

A total of 121 teams from 31 Vietnamese colleges and universities and 37 teams from those in six other ASEAN member states will kick off the starting round of the 2020 ASEAN Student Contest on Information Security on October 17.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on October 3-4 safely repatriated nearly 340 Vietnamese citizens left stranded in European and African nations due to the impact of the COVID-19.

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.

The Thai cabinet has recent approved a special tourist visa for long-stay visitors who agree to go through a 14-day state quarantine, or alternative state quarantine, as well as hospital quarantine.

The Vietnam Banks Association is urging international credit and debit card companies to reduce a number of fees, as the country continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries and localities to facilitate conditions for foreign businesses to enter and work in Vietnam as the latest coronavirus outbreak has gradually been under control in the country.

VOV.VN - A number of Vietnamese interns have yet to fly to Japan despite the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam beginning to receive applications for new visas.

The total value of cashless transactions jumped six times in the first half this year against the same period of 2019.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is considering reopening its international tourism market following a long pause due to the effects of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), with the aim of boosting the tourism sector to get back on track and match that of regional rivals.