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Peter Zimmermann from Germany said he and his wife have been coming to Vietnam for 5-6 months every winter since 2013 and they always rented a house or a large apartment in the beach town of Nha Trang. "Vietnam is really an excellent place to live as a retiree as local people are open and very friendly. There are good hotels, resorts, restaurants, cafes and apartments. Great beaches by the sea and lots of culture and history to discover," he told VnExpress International . However, current visa policies remain a major barrier for pensioners looking to settle down in Vietnam because the country has not resumed its pre-pandemic visa policies. Apart from granting visa exemption to 24 tourism markets for stays of 15-30 days, Vietnam only issues a one-month single-entry e-visa to visitors from other countries, instead of the three-month multi-entry visas it used to issue. "It is not reasonable for pensioners like us to leave the country every 30 days and return with a new … [Read more...] about Vietnam visa policy rebuffs foreign retirees’ love

Ilustrative image (Photo: https://www.theedgemarkets.com/) Kuala Lumpur (VNA) - 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. The  report “Harnessing the Potential of Big Data in Post-Pandemic Southeast Asia” said big data holds immense potential in fast-tracking post-COVID-19 economic recovery in Southeast Asia, with benefits in public health, social welfare and protection, and education. It finds that that the use of digital technologies to provide personalised and remote learning and job matching can contribute an estimated 77.1 billion USD annually to the gross domestic produc (GDP) of Southeast Asian countries by 2030. According to the report , the use of analytics to direct highly targeted health interventions for at-risk … [Read more...] about Big data can support over 100 billion USD worth of opportunities in Southeast Asia: ADB

In a town in northeastern Scotland, Debbie Banks looks for clues to track down criminals as she clicks through a database of tiger skins. There are thousands of photographs, including of rugs, carcasses and taxidermy specimens. Banks, the crime campaign leader for the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a London-based charity, tries to identify individual big cats from their stripes. Once a tiger is identified, an investigator can pinpoint where it comes from. "A tiger's stripes are as unique as human fingerprints," Banks told AFP . "We can use the images to cross-reference against images of captive tigers that might have been farmed." Currently this is slow painstaking work. This photograph taken on April 10, 2019 shows Vietnamese Border Patrol officials holding a confiscated tiger skin and bones while the suspect Pham Van Hiep (2nd R) looks on at a Border Guard station in northern Vietnam's Quang Ninh province. Photo: AFP But a new artificial … [Read more...] about Earning its stripes: tech bid to crack tiger trade

"Retirees in Europe and America are starting to make plans to escape the cold winter at home. Until the corona pandemic, Vietnam was the destination for my wife and I for seven years. We have found many friends here who we would like to see again. But short-term visas for 30 days are of no use to us. We tried that in March and then after 30 days had to fly from Nha Trang to Kuala Lumpur to return with a new e-visa. Vietnam received $25 for the new visa and Malaysia about $800 for flights and hotel. Since there is still no indication that Vietnam will reintroduce three-month visas, we now plan to go to Thailand instead. There you can get visas for 3, 6 and 12 months. For this you have to submit bank statements to prove that you have sufficient funds. If that's what's required, we'll do it. No problem. So it is entirely up to the Vietnamese government whether our money ends up in Vietnam or goes to other countries. We cannot understand why the government is having such a hard time … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s short-term visa is driving tourists away

Local media reported that their debut album "New Jeans" sold over 311,000 copies in just the first week after hitting the shelves on Aug. 8, setting a record for a debut album by a girl group. The record was previously held by music label mate Le Sserafim who sold 307,405 copies back in May with their album "Fearless". According to Korea JoongAng Daily , album sales in the first week are considered an important indicator of a K-pop artist or group's popularity. The lead track "Attention" has ranked first on many local online music websites like Melon, Genie, and Bugs. It also topped Spotify Korea's daily top chart for 13 consecutive days and debuted on the music streaming site's global top song chart and Billboard's Global chart, according to Korea Times . NewJeans also hit first place on iTunes "Top Albums" charts in at least nine different regions, including Thailand, Finland, Indonesia, Russia and others. Their album also ranked second in Japan and tenth in the … [Read more...] about South Korean girl group with Vietnamese member sets new K-pop record

A Triathlon tournament takes place in Bau Trang landscape (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The south central province of Binh Thuan is endowed with sand hills and dunes dubbed as “little deserts,” whose colours change depending on the angle of the sun or cloud cover. The sand dunes have attracted crowds of international tourist s, painters, poets and photographers who come to find inspirations for their works. Many people say that if immense sand dunes are raw materials, wind is the artist who creates magical pictures of ‘sandy seas’, with ripples, soft curves, and gentle valleys. For those who love to travel, especially discovery tourism, the immensity of the ‘ sandy sea ’ offers an unexpected charm. Ninh Thuan is well-known for sand dunes and hills suitable for those who love outdoor activities such as hill climbing, sand-boarding, camel riding, or jeep tours. Doi Cat Bay (White Sand Dunes) - a magical tourist destination Doi Cat Bay is a very famous destination … [Read more...] about Attractive sand dunes in Binh Thuan