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Vietnam will reopen all regular international air routes as in the pre-pandemic period and will not limit the frequency of international flights from today, February 15.

HCMC has resumed dine-in services from October 28 after nearly five  months of restrictions, but restaurants and coffee shops still have to  comply with a number of anti-pandemic measures.

Foreign direct investment businesses in Hanoi City have proposed the municipal government stop requiring enterprises to let their workers stay at the factories after work.

HCMC has to some extent become bustling and busy again in the “new normal” after the municipal government allowed the resumption of a number of essential services and relaxed travel restrictions since early this month.

HCMC and other southern provinces are preparing for economic reopening as the Covid-safe situation has improved. Businesses in the region, however, are facing many challenges when resuming operations after a long hibernation.

In the context of the protracted Covid-19 pandemic, experts and business leaders have suggested that businesses should be better prepared to safely live with Covid-19.

Logistics firms are facing many challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic, such as disruptions in the supply chain, stringent anti-pandemic measures and and a spike in operation cost.

The latest report of the General  Statistics Office showed that the Covid-19 pandemic adversely affected  economic activities in many parts of the country from January to August,  with most economic indicators falling below expectation.

Many foreign-invested companies in HCMC, which is currently the country’s biggest Covid-19 hotspot, said they are facing numerous challenges as the city is undergoing the toughest social distancing period ever to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Businesses in major cities such as HCMC and Hanoi are showing concern over the shortage of human resources post Covid-19, which will hamper their recovery.

Many manufacturing enterprises in Covid-19-hit localities reported that they are facing difficulties maintaining the stay-at-work mode as required by the authorities.

Despite stringent social distancing measures,the Covid-19 pandemic is still developing complicatedly, forcing many businesses to close down or suffer from hefty losses. Therefore, the Government has rolled out a number of supporting policies to help businesses maintain their operations and recover.

Why does the  housing price keep rising? How could developers sell their products in  the Covid-19 pandemic? Should investors use financial leverage during  this time? Mr. David Jackson, chief executive officer of Colliers  Vietnam, talks about those issues on the program: Chat with CEO.

Tourism  is an important sector in the economy. But it is now feeling the worst  impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic. Destinations have turned quiet these  days. Travel companies have no way but to scale down their operations  and lay off their staff. Across the country, many hotels have had to  shut down because of having no guests. How bad is the situation? To where the t...