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Nguyen Thi Thu Hien, 34 and her friends had their tickets from Singapore to Jeju Island canceled on August 9 because they did not have visas. The island, however, has a visa exemption policy for tourists. Hien, from Hanoi, said she'd already visited Jeju back in 2018 under the visa exemption policy and wasn't aware that it had changed when she booked the tickets for her and her friends to fly there from Singapore. "When we got to the Changi Airport for check-in procedures, an employee told us to discuss the issue with the airline. A representative of Scoot Airlines said Vietnamese, Thai, Mongolians and people from certain other countries would no longer be able to enter Jeju Island under the visa exemption policy. The airline said it would refund our tickets," Hien said. Vu Quoc Hung, 31, who had booked tickets with 11 other Vietnamese to fly from Ho Chi Minh City to Jeju on August 11 via Singapore, had the same experience. Hung's group reached the Changi Airport and did some … [Read more...] about Airline cancels Vietnamese tourists’ tickets to South Korea’s Jeju Island

Budget eateries offering each meal at a mere VND1,000 (US$0.04), VND5,000 ($21), or for free in Ho Chi Minh City are warming the hearts of low-income workers and disadvantaged people amid surging goods prices. Situated at 317 Trung My Tay 13 Street in District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, the eatery run by Tran Thi Dung and her husband serves offal porridge for disabled and elderly people and lottery ticket vendors. Tran Thi Dung recounted that three years ago, her husband was severely injured in a traffic accident so she took him to their hometown for care and treatment. When he was in good health again, they returned to the city to do business. The couple decided to open a low-cost eatery as a way to lend a helping hand to the underprivileged. “We charge no money to customers who are disabled and sell lottery tickets, but some still pay VND5,000 for their meal as they don’t want to be indebted to anyone. “Receiving their thanks for our acts makes me happy and indefatigable.” … [Read more...] about Low-cost meals for the underprivileged in Ho Chi Minh City

China's financial hub Shanghai said on Sunday it would reopen all schools including kindergartens, primary and middle schools on Sept. 1 after months of COVID-19 closures. The city will require all teachers and students to take nucleic acid tests for the coronavirus every day before leaving campus, the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission said. It also called for teachers and students to carry out a 14-day "self health management" within the city ahead of the school reopening, the commission said in a statement. Shanghai shut all schools in mid-March before the city's two-month lockdown to combat its worst COVID outbreak in April and May. It allowed some students of high school and middle school to return to classrooms in June while most of the rest continued home study for the remainder of the semester. The announcement on schools reopening brings great relief to many residents but fears about COVID lockdowns continue to persist, as China vows to stick to its dynamic … [Read more...] about Shanghai to reopen all schools Sept. 1 as lockdown fears persist

_Forming a digital Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development _Establishing the digital agriculture _Creating digital rural areas with digital farmers. This process has lately been initiated successfully in the fields of cultivation, husbandry, aquaculture, forestry. Thanks to the ability to accelerate the elimination of ineffective traditional single farming models, the process is expected to promote the connection between 9 million farmer households with food processing enterprises as well as 100 million consumers nationwide, and further billions of international consumers. Using digital transformation, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development wants to foster the application of advanced digital technologies among farmers and businesses taking part in agricultural activities. It should begin with modernizing cultivation methods to increase the values for all stakeholders in the ecosystem by providing more nutritious food for users worldwide. The transparency of … [Read more...] about Vietnam striving to develop digital agriculture

Customers are experiencing digital services of a bank. (Photo: SGGP) Several banks are developing their digital version or their own banking ecosystem to satisfy diverse demands of their clients. For instance, Nam A Bank’s ecosystem is running its Robot OPBA to provide financial consultation and aid customers to complete necessary banking procedures without the employment of a bank teller. Its Open Banking app on smart devices with eKYC (Electronic Know Your Customer ) allows customers to carry out financial transactions without the need to visit a bank office. Its latest ecosystem - Onebank-ATM – helps customers conduct transactions whenever they want. Owning similar useful banking ecosystems are TPBank with its app called TPBank Mobile and TPBank Biz for individuals and businesses, respectively, or Vietcombank with its multi-function Digibank that allows customers to transfer money, pay bills, deposit money into an ETC account, book airline tickets or hotel rooms. Deputy … [Read more...] about Digital transformation in banking providing users with more convenience

" Namaste Vietnam Festival 2022 ”, an cultural event hosted by the Indian Consulate General in HCM City, is launched on August 13. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The Consulate General of India in Ho Chi Minh City is hosting a cultural event called “Namaste Vietnam Festival 2022” in HCM City and the south-central province of Khanh Hoa from August 12 – 21. The event aims to boost cultural exchange and step up cooperation in trade, investment, education, information technology, tourism and healthcare between the two countries. Addressing the August 13 opening ceremony in HCM City, Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Pranay Verma said the cultural festival was first scheduled for the beginning of this year on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties (January 1, 1972 – 2022) but had to postpone due to COVID-19. India wants to promote three key elements during this festival: Trade, Connectivity and Culture, the diplomat said. It is also part … [Read more...] about Indian cultural festival underway in HCM City, Nha Trang