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Bloomberg: Vietnam breaks out of COVID-19 tourist trap

Vietnam is pulling ahead in the race to reopen Southeast Asia to city-hoppers and sunseekers, an article of US magazine Bloomberg has written.
Bloomberg: Vietnam breaks out of COVID-19 tourist trap ảnh 1A corner of Van Don island district of Quang Ninh province (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam is pulling ahead in the raceto reopen Southeast Asia to city-hoppers and sunseekers, an article of USmagazine Bloomberg has written.

For a country of nearly 100 million that borders China,Vietnam has been a standout case through the COVID-19 pandemic, it said, addingthat there are about 330 cases and no deaths. Success in containing theepidemic means domestic travel has already restarted.

“Vietnam has been among the first countries globally to getits citizens holidaying again,” it underlined.

A “Vietnamese People Travel in Vietnam” campaign began justas the country’s airline industry restarted regular schedules.

Last year, there were 85 million domestic tourists, who madeup more than 80 percent of all visitors./.

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