September 20, 2021 | 16:53
The Thai Customs Department is preparing to reduce import duty on alcoholic beverages and cigars by 50 percent for five years in line with the government's economic stimulus and investment promotion package.
September 10, 2021 | 10:00
Foreigners living and working in Ho Chi Minh City have expressed their gratitude when receiving COVID-19 vaccines and other offers from the city in an attempt to stave off the pandemic.
May 11, 2021 | 12:15
Decree No.152/2020/ND-CP, which took effect in February, provides some major amendments to the regulations on non-nationals working in Vietnam.
May 07, 2021 | 09:00
Authorities are making efforts to issue guidance in removing problems for non-nationals when buying property.
May 03, 2021 | 08:00
Luxury and high-end residences up and down Vietnam have attracted much interest from foreigners since 2015 when the government permitted non-nationals to own property in the country.
January 22, 2021 | 10:11
Da Nang has appreciated the contributions and accompany of foreigners in the city in a tough year of 2020, and hoped to continue to receive more assistance from foreign individuals, organisations and businesses during the recovery process in the city and the central region as a whole, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Trung Chinh.
November 01, 2020 | 11:40
The Immigration Department will extend its visa waiver programme for another month, officials have announced.
September 22, 2020 | 09:46
The Immigration Bureau (IB) of Thailand has urged foreigners who have been stranded in the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic to renew their visas before the end of an exemption which falls on September 26.
September 19, 2020 | 09:09
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued a document, asking tourism management departments, tourism associations and businesses to continue carrying out domestic tourism stimulus programmes in the remaining months of 2020.
August 17, 2020 | 08:44
Foreigners have bought some 16,000 housing properties across the country since they were allowed to do so in 2015, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA).
July 13, 2020 | 17:28
A policy allowing foreign individuals and organisations to buy and own houses and construction works in Vietnam will help lure investment and high quality human resources from the outside to the country for national development, according to Nguyen Tran Nam, Chairman of the Vietnam Real Estate Association.
May 06, 2020 | 10:00
With few foreigners yet to register for ownership of properties in Vietnam, there have been calls to significantly raise the ownership cap to entice more overseas buyers.
April 10, 2020 | 13:00
Kenneth Atkinson, founder and senior board adviser at Grant Thornton Vietnam, shares with Bich Ngoc his opinion on the future for Vietnam’s second home market.
March 22, 2020 | 11:31
The Vietnamese Government has decided to temporarily suspend entry of all foreigners since March 22 due to swift and complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 19, 2020 | 20:55
The Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health has announced the list of medical facilities capable of providing COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment services to foreigners.