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The Directorate has kept a close watch on production at localities, promptly reported to the Ministry and devised measures in a flexible and suitable manner.
It also worked to arrange workshops to address bottlenecks and promote production so as to maintain the supply chain in 2021 and the upcoming year.
Demand for shrimp imports was on the rise this year, notably in major markets of Europe, the US, Japan, China and the Republic of Korea (RoK).
Free trade agreements have helped ensure stability in Vietnam’s shrimp production and processing, contributing to the sector’s growth.
Many Vietnamese exporters were allowed to ship tra fish (pangasius) to the US.
More firms received permission to export products to other leading markets of Russia, the RoK and China this year.
Of note, nearly 780 out of about 900 fishery companies of Vietnam are eligible to ship their products to the Chinese market, signalling a rosy prospect for the sector in 2022.
Regular flights between Vietnam and Japan to be reopen in early 2022
Regular international flights carrying passengers in both directions between the nation and Japan will be operated by Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Japan Airlines, and All Nippon Airways as of January 1, 2022.
Dinh Viet Thang, director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), has recently sent a document detailing the reopening to relevant units, said the Voice of Vietnam.
According to the plan, the CAAV has requested that airlines, in addition to the currently licensed flights, submit an application to the CAAV for consideration of a flight license in line with content that has been agreed upon between aviation authorities of both nations.
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Specifically, Vietnam Airlines will operate a flight route between Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City and Tokyo, with a frequency of three one-way flights per week, while Vietjet Air will fly on the Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City-Tokyo route one one-way flight per week.
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways of Japan will also fly the Tokyo-Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City route, with a frequency not exceeding four one-way flights per week for both airlines.
The CAAV has therefore requested that airlines conduct inspections aimed at ensuring that passengers have fulfilled the requirements for pandemic prevention and control before boarding aircraft entering Vietnam.
In line with this, passengers must have a certificate showing negative test results for SARS-CoV-2 before entering the country, a certificate of vaccination, a vaccine passport, or a certificate of recovery from COVID-19.
For passengers who have yet to be fully vaccinated or who have not been certified for complete recovery, they will have to present a certificate of eligibility for facilities and equipment. This is in order to ensure home isolation or a confirmation of hotel reservation within at least seven days according to the locally announced list of eligibility for isolation.
Furthermore, the CAAV requests that the airport authorities of the North and the South fully notify state management agencies at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat international airports.
The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) is responsible for arranging adequate premises, equipment, and resources to ensure the smooth operation of two-way regular flights.
Vietnam targets to receive 5 million foreign visitors next year
Vietnam has set a target to welcome 65 million tourists in 2022, including about 5 million foreign arrivals and achieve a total tourism revenue of approximately 400 trillion VND (17.4 billion USD).
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The information was mentioned at a conference on the development and recovery of Vietnam tourism, held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the National Assembly’s Committee for Culture and Education, and Nghe An province, said the NDO.
Vietnam received 3.7 million visitors and 5.04 million international visitors more than ten years ago. The number of visitors continuously increased in the following years, reaching a record high of 85 million domestic visitors and 18 million foreign visitors in 2019.
However, due to the unpredictable development of the COVID-19 pandemic, the goal of welcoming 5 million international visitors to Vietnam in 2022 is said to be extremely difficult.
Only 3,500 foreign tourists visited Vietnam in 2021 after the country piloted the reception of foreign tourists in several localities according to the “vaccine passport” programme, since November.
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According to the National Administration of Tourism, Vietnam will continue to welcome international tourists from the Republic of Korea, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Thailand and India in January 2022.
Director General of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Nguyen Trung Khanh said that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has proposed the Government to allow a 15-day visa exemption to target tourism markets of Vietnam. The pilot tourism programme is also expected to be expanded to welcome visitors via land and sea and to include two more localities, namely Binh Dinh and Ho Chi Minh City.
Samsung to invest 850 mln USD in Vietnam subsidiary
Electronics giant Samsung has approved the spending of some 850 million USD for its unit in Vietnam to manufacture flip-chip ball grid arrays (FC-BGA), the Vietnam News Agency qouted the information form the KBS News.
The logo of Samsung Electronics at its office building in RoK’s Seoul (Photo: VNA)
FC-BGA is a highly-integrated package board used to connect a high-integration semiconductor chip to a main board.
The company will spend the investment in phases until 2023 to build a new FC-BGA production line.
Under the plan, the Vietnamese subsidiary will focus on producing FC-BGA while Samsung's factories in the Republic of Korea will specialise in technology development and high-end products./.