We all know that there have been rempant fraudulent lendings or predatory lendings in Vietnam. And the Vietnamese authorities have been resolute about cracking down on these illegal activities.
Tourism in Vietnam came to a complete halt during the pandemic caused by the Covid-19. In May 2022, all travel restrictions were lifted and people could travel freely throughout Vietnam again. Domestic tourism in the country started booming!
The Covid-19 has dealt a unprecedented bad blow to the travel and hospitality business in the world as well as in Vietnam. With fabulous vaccination by the government, the Vietnamese economy is recovering quickly.
From March 21, 2020 all arrivals in Vietnam are to stay under quarantine in government facilities for 14 days. Those who travel to Vietnam on diplomatic purposes are in quarantine at facilities assigned by such diplomatic bodies under supervision by Vietnamese authorized medical authorities and Vietnamese authorities.
From March 7, 2020 all travelers arriving into Vietnam are to complete a health declaration form requesting basic medical information and health information. The completion of the form can be done online or on paper. There are medical staffs at the arrival port to stamp the forms for verification. The forms are in English or other languages. There are interpreters of several languages at the arrival ports to assist the travelers with. If there are any symptoms related to the coronavirus, then the traveler will be transferred to a quarantine center.
20-August-2019 Hue Authorities have decided to increase the fees to the tourist attractions in Hue as follows:
Cambodia bans people (tourists and locals) from eating and partying in the area of the Angkor Wat Temple and on the lawns around this famed temple. Vendors are prohibited from renting out mats or hammocks to the visitors on these lawns, too. All these acts are considered to have negative impacts on this World Heritate Site as well as the environtment around it.
Halong Bay Authority has stopped granting permits to boats and overnight cruise junks to make tours on the bay from 10 A.M on 1-August-2019 due to the expected strike of the Wipha Typoon (No.3 Typhoon in the East Sea of Vietnam in 2019).
The Plain of Jars of Laos has been inscribed to the World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in July 2019. There had been much mystery around these jars and it is mostly believed now that they are for funerary practices in the Iron Age from 500BCE to 800CE.
Myanmar has tightened measures to prohibit tourists from climbing the Temples of Bagan which have been inscribed to the World Heritage List by the UNESCO in July 2019. These are parts of the commitments of Myanmar to the UNESCO to have the Bagan Temples in the World Heritage List.
3-July-2019 Overnight cruises on Halong Bay are halted. Day-cruises are allowed till 11:00 A.M. Typhoon Mun is forecast to make landfall in Hai Phong in the early morning of 4-July-2019.
Traffic (both ways) is halted on Road 1 between Hanoi and Dong Dang (Lang Son) on 2March2019 from 01:00 hour to 17:00 hours (Vietnam's time). This is to ensure security for North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-Un who concludes his trip to Vietnam for US-North Korea Summit and for his offical visit to Vietnam.
