Vietnam Airlines announced on March 22 that it would temporarily suspend regular flights on the Hanoi-Moscow air route, starting from March 25 until further notice.

Vietnam has achieved the mutual recognition of Covid vaccine passports with 17 countries, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Gasoline prices were revised down by VND630-650 a liter on March 21, while diesel oil was priced VND1,630 lower per liter, all far below earlier forecast of a price drop of some VND2,000 per liter.

The HCMC government has written to the Ministry of Planning and Investment proposing extending the implementation of six projects whose investment capital is listed in the 2021 State budget.

Due to the fuel price hike, many transport enterprises have been in a dilemma as they may lose customers if they raise the service prices; otherwise, they will incur heavy losses.

The Government will study how to remove Covid-19 from the list of class A infectious diseases, which are extremely dangerous, according to the anti-pandemic program in 2022-2023.

Housing investors who fail to deliver on their commitments to customers should be banned from developing new projects, proposed Nguyen Thi Thu Nga, deputy director of the HCMC Department of Construction.

Vietnam no longer requires aliens to take an on-arrival Covid-19 test and self-quarantine, according to the Ministry of Health’s new guidelines.

Over 14,100 foreign direct investment (FDI) firms, or 56% of the total in Vietnam, reported losses worth more than VND151 trillion in 2020, according to the Finance Ministry’s recent report sent to the prime minister.

South Korea, Indonesia and Singapore have relaxed entry restrictions for foreigners, including Vietnamese travelers, to speed up their reopening to the world.