Ensuring Vietnam is a safe destination - the top priority
10/6/20
Ensuring that Vietnam is viewed as a safe
destination for sustainable
development is the primary goal of the country’s post-COVID-19
response in the new normal, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told a meeting with
permanent government members on June 9 in Hanoi.
He said the outcome of Vietnam’s fight against COVID-19 was
certainly worthy of note, with nearly two months having passed with no new
infections in the community.
The PM ordered full preparations for reopening to the world in the near future,
not only focusing on the economy but also on political and diplomatic ties.
He warned everyone not to lower their guard, particularly those in border areas
and at border gates, along roads, and on waterways and air routes. Apart from
facilitating the return of Vietnamese citizens from abroad, it is important to
promote socio-economic development in the new normal.
The PM agreed to allow foreign experts, investors, and skilled workers to enter
Vietnam to seek investment and job opportunities.
He assigned the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control
to announce safe zones for reopening flights to destinations where no COVID-19
cases have been detected for 30 days or more./.
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Vietnam is considered a good land for high-quality foreign direct investment (FDI) influx in post-pandemic period, according to a foreign expert.
It showed the Government’s thorough understanding of FDI’s importance and contribution to productivity and economic growth.
Vietnam’s efforts to improve the legal framework for FDI attraction could help the Southeast Asian country lure high-quality projects in the coming time.
ietnam could welcome 6 to 8 million foreign visitors this year if COVID-19 remains under control and international tourism could be resumed in the third quarter of this year.
After three months of struggling with the pandemic, the domestic tourism sector is now recovering and a new programme, “Vietnamese people travel in Vietnam”, launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in early May, has helped partly revived the sector.
Hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam’s tourism sector is likely to be one of the first to recover strongly after the pandemic is brought under control.
Vietnam has emerged as one of the brightest candidates to welcome this capital flow thanks to its success in COVID-19 prevention and control.
The positive economic prospects after reopening, the large population size and the increasing number of people joining the middle class are also favourable factors helping Vietnam attract investment.
Country Director of the World Bank (WB) in Việt Nam Ousmane Dione has expressed his appreciation of the success Việt Nam, and Hà Nội in particular, have achieved in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.
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