Quang ninh

Instructions on self-submitting domestic travel and health declarations on Việt Nam's PC-COVID app at a location in Quảng Ninh Province. — VNA/VNS Photo QUẢNG NINH — As well as striving to vaccinate all eligible residents, the northern province of Quảng Ninh is also working hard to take the lead in the application of information technology to fight COVID-19. Secretary of the Quảng Ninh Party Committee Nguyễn Xuân Ký, who is also head of the provincial steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control, has asked the departments of health and public security, along with localities, to standardise data and ensure smooth connection and integration of information. Moving to enhance its IT deployment capacity in the pandemic fight, Quảng Ninh is considering trialling artificial intelligence (AI) at the checkpoint on Bạch Đằng Bridge – a key bridge connecting the three major northern economic centres of Hải Phòng, Quảng Ninh and Hà Nội – and will expand this model if it … [Read more...] about Quảng Ninh looks to take lead in IT application in COVID-19 fight

Quang Ninh posted an estimated economic growth rate of 8.6 percent in the first nine months of 2021, much higher than the national average, which was mainly driven by the processing and manufacturing industry. The province’s contribution to the State budget topped 33.5 trillion VND (1.47 billion USD), equivalent to 93 percent of the sum collected in the same period last year, while total investment in society approximated 64 trillion VND, up 7.8 percent. Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Tuong Van attributed the achievements to local businesses and entrepreneurs’ proactiveness in implementing various solutions such as adopting flexible work hours, arranging on-site Tet celebrations for employees, cutting down production costs, seeking alternative material sources, expanding markets, seizing new business chances, and applying digital technology to production and business activities. To adapt to and safely operate amid the pandemic, enterprises, including FDI … [Read more...] about Businesses in Quang Ninh determined to surmount pandemic

The central Quang Binh Province, which is home to UNESCO-protected Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and the world's largest cave Son Doong, has just welcomed its first visitors after resuming tourism activities on October 15. Tourists exploring a cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang The first six domestic tourists arrived on Friday evening on a Vietnam Airlines flight from HCM City. They followed a three-day-two-night package tour organised by the Oxalis Adventure Company. The tour will take them to sites such as Chay Lap Farmstay and the Tu Lan cave system in Phong Nha-Ke Bang. Director of Quang Binh Provincial Tourism Department, Nguyen Ngoc Quy welcome the tourists at Dong Hoi Airport on October 15 On October 15, Quang Binh received two flights from HCM City with nearly 100 passengers. To attract more visitors, local authorities have removed the mandatory quarantine regulations. Tourists to the province would only be allowed … [Read more...] about Quang Binh receives first tourists

With the country shifting from a 'zero-Covid' strategy to living safely with the pandemic and most localities easing Covid restrictions and reopening tourism activities, several travel agencies have been looking for ways to bring back tourists by launching tour packages that cater to new normal requirements. One common requirement for all tours is that every tourist must be fully vaccinated with the second dose administered at least 14 days before arrival or furnish a certificate showing they had contracted and recovered from Covid. They also need to show a negative Covid certificate using the PCR method within 72 hours before departure. On Tuesday, authorities in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam’s ‘Cave Kingdom’, approved major tour operator Oxalis Adventure trialing a tour package program that welcomes fully vaccinated domestic tourists from now until June next year. As envisaged, tourists from HCMC and Hanoi would arrive in Quang Binh by charter flights or buses to join the tour … [Read more...] about Travel firms fashion new normal tour packages to revive tourism

The path of the tropical low pressure system According to the National Center for Hydrology Meteorology Forecasting, Kompasu has downgraded into a tropical depression this morning after entering the Gulf of Tonkin last night. As of 4 a.m. on October 14, the eye of Kompasu was at around 18.8 degrees north latitude, 107.8 degrees east longitude, about 300 kilometers, 310 kilometers and 240 kilometers far from Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces with a maximum wind between 60 kilometers and 75 kilometers per hour. The system is forecast to continue to downgrade to a low-pressure zone and bear down the mainland provinces of Nghe An and Thanh Hoa. Last night, Minister of the Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan led a working delegation to inspect Vuc Mau reservoir work in Hoang Mai Commune and direct preparedness for typhoon Kompasu in Nghe An Province. With the large volumes of water flowing into the reservoir, the People’s Committee of Nghe An Province decided to … [Read more...] about Localities plan evacuation, floodwater discharge to brace for Kompasu

Truong Thi Hong Hanh, director of the city Department of Tourism, said his agency has submitted draft plans to the city administration for admitting two kinds of international visitors. The first will comprise foreigners arriving in Vietnam on commercial flights for official and business purposes. They will be quarantined for seven days on arrival and told to monitor their health for another seven as mandated by the Ministry of Health. The second group will comprise visitors from designated markets that have resumed tourism and instituted a vaccine passport program. They are required to book package tours with designated travel agencies. Initially city authorities eye tourists from Russia and South Korea, which have resumed tourism activities and eased quarantine restrictions. Currently South Koreans returning from Vietnam are exempt from quarantine while Russians only need to quarantine for seven days, Hanh said. South Korean travel firms want to bring 200 tourists a week … [Read more...] about Da Nang eyes return of foreign tourists in November