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August 11, 2020 09:04 AM
A quick review at Vietnam Weekly Feature News
All flights, buses from and to Vietnam’s Da Nang city suspended due to coronavirus outbreak
Monday evening, Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang reported eleven new cases of Covid-19 community transmission, this takes the country’s tally to 431.
-Vietnam Insider
Is online business a good alternative solution amid the 2nd wave of Covid in Vietnam?
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos grows fortune by $24bn amid coronavirus pandemic. Amazon has also hired 100,000 extra US workers for its warehouse and delivery teams.
This is arguably the most vivid demonstration of the growth of e-commerce despite the outbreak of Covid.
-Cafebiz
Vietnam brings 129 Covid-19 patients home from Equatorial Guinea
219 Vietnamese workers, 129 of them positive for the coronavirus, arrived home from Equatorial Guinea on a special flight Wednesday afternoon.
-VnExpress
Why Malaysian department-store operator Parkson giving up on full-scale stores in Vietnam?
Malaysian department-store operator Parkson is to quit operating full-scale stores in Vietnam after years of losses.
However, local Vietnamese media are reporting the store will reopen this Friday, July 31, but only take up the ground floor, a compact area which previously housed only a beauty zone and a large part of which has been taken over by Uniqlo.
-Vietnam Insider
FDI in Vietnam rose impressively.
Vietnam attracted US$3.15 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) and capital for share purchases in July, representing a rise of 79.8% against the same period last year and 76.2% against June, reported the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
-Vietnam Insider
How to enter Vietnam for working as foreigner during the pandemic?
In more detail:
1. Additional requirements applicable for foreigners coming to Vietnam to work and for sponsoring entities
2. Eight hotels officially confirmed to be used as pay-to-stay quarantine locations in Ho Chi Minh City
-Vietnam Insider