Photo for illustration (Source: VTC)
This comes after the Saigon Gold and Jewelry Company at 11 a.m. on March 7 listed each tael of SJC gold at VND70.3 million per tael for buying and VND71.7 million per tael for selling in Ho Chi Minh City, with prices at VND70.3 million per tael for buying and VND71.72 million per tael for selling in Hanoi, according to the Voice of Vietnam.
Simultaneously, DOJI Gold and Gems Group reported its buying and selling prices of SJC gold bar at VND70.4 million and VND72 million per tael in Hanoi and VND70.4 million and VND72.5 million per tael in Ho Chi Minh City, respectively.
Elsewhere, Phu Nhuan Jewelry Joint Stock Company (PNJ) was trading gold at VND69.7 million per tael for buying and VND71.3 million for selling per tael.
Each tael of SJC gold has increased by approximately VND1.4 million for buying and VND1.3 million for selling compared to the prices recorded on March 6.
The latest figures broke a record of VND69 million per tael which was set on the afternoon of March 5.
In terms of the global market, the precious metal’s price rose by US$5 per ounce to US$2,003 per ounce, with this figure forecast to continue increasing in the future.
Vietnam sends first flight to evacuate citizens in Ukraine
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has sent the first flight bound for Bucharest (Romania) to evacuate Vietnamese people in Ukraine from conflict zones.
Photo for illustration (Source: NDO)
The flight left Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport on the morning of March 7 and is scheduled to return the following day with 283 passengers onboard, said the Nhan Dan Online Newspaper.
A second evacuation, flight operated by Bamboo Airways, will arrive in Poland on March 9.
At the request of the Foreign Ministry’s Department of Consular Affairs, a third flight to Bucharest is expected to take off from Hanoi on March 10 and return the following day.
The evacuees are not required to be tested for COVID-19 if they can show vaccination certificates or have recovered from the disease prior to boarding the aircraft bound for Vietnam.
Under a plan by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, Vietnamese citizens in Ukraine will travel by road to neighbouring countries and flights will then be organised to bring them home from those countries.
Tan Son Nhat airport reopens international terminal services
Shopping and dining service counters at Tan Son Nhat Airport’s international terminal are getting ready to welcome foreign visitors after a two-year pandemic inflicted hiatus.
Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Photo: VTV)
According to the Vietnam News Agenc, with Vietnam fully resuming international tourism on March 15, many non-aviation businesses at the airport are preparing to reopen services.
Many duty free shops at the airport, for instance, are rearranging their wares to welcome tourists
The number of international tourists visiting Vietnam has gone up by over 71 percent after the partial reopening of the country’s borders with several mandatory measures designed to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Under new rules, with negative COVID-19 results, fully vaccinated foreign tourists may freely travel in Vietnam after just one day of isolation following entry.
In the first 24 hours after arrival, tourists are required to remain at their accommodations and have a COVID-19 test. It is also recommended that they stay put for 72 hours, but if they want to leave after one day, they will need to have a negative COVID-19 test result every day for three days before they set out.
Passengers at Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Photo: nld.com.vn)
Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, Director of the city’s Department of Tourism, said that several preparatory steps have been taken to implement specific programmes in line with the Government’s directions.
Currently, the city has 34 hotels with 6,800 rooms meeting requirements of the pilot plan on welcoming international tourists this year. There are five local businesses – Saigontourist, Vinasun Travel, Hai Van Cat Travel, TSTourist and Blue Sky Travel – allowed to offer tour packages to foreign visitors.
Nearly 24 million USD to be invested in modernising Quang Ngai’s irrigation system
The Prime Minister has given in-principle approval to a project modernising the central province of Quang Ngai's irrigation system for better climate change adaptation, which has total investment of 23.86 million USD.
Of the total capital, 19.2 million USD comes from the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Ordinary Capital Resources (OCR).
Thach Nham Dam - Photo for illustration (Photo: VTV)
The project covers Binh Son, Son Tinh, Tu Nghia, Nghia Hanh, Mo Duc, Ba To districts, Duc Pho township, and Quang Ngai city. It will be implemented from June 2022 to June 2026, reported the Vietnam News Agency.
It aims to modernise 28 cannals of the Thach Nham irrigation work which has a total length of 94.153km, while building a new pumping station and reparing seven others. The valves of Nui Ngang reservoir will also be upgraded.
The project also included the application of measures for effective management of internal field water.
Once completed, the project will help strengthen local capacity to adapt to climate change, and enhance the efficiency of its irrigation system serving the province’s agricultural restructuring./.