The American International School Vietnam (AISVN) received VND17.7 billion (US$712,000) from parents on Monday, after its plea for support amid financial crisis, and will reopen starting Wednesday.

Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City surged 35% to US$9 billion this year.

After a three-year closure, Tien Son Cave at Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in central Vietnam is set to reopen on Dec. 21, following a comprehensive upgrade and facility repairs.

Disgraced English language school Apax Leaders remains determined to reopen schools in Ho Chi Minh City despite its failure to pay on time debts.

Okay Airways and Pacific Airlines will begin their flights connecting Da Nang with Hunan (China) and Muan (the Republic of Korea) from late April.

English teaching center Apax Leaders could start refunding students’ fees in November and plans to soon reopen facilities in Ho Chi Minh City, Apax Holdings has said.

Tens of thousands of travelers commuted between mainland China and its special administrative region of Hong Kong on Monday, authorities said, the first time in three years that all border checkpoints were reopened fully without Covid restrictions.

China's outbound flight bookings were at only 15% of pre-pandemic levels in the week after the country announced it would reopen its borders, despite a 192% jump from the same period last year.

China will reopen the border with its special administrative region of Hong Kong on Sunday for the first time in three years, as it accelerates the unwinding of stringent Covid rules that have battered its economic growth.

As China announced it would reopen its borders on January 8 after being shut for nearly three years, travel agencies around Vietnam said they were anxiously awaiting the return of Chinese tourists.

Hong Kong will gradually reopen its borders with mainland China by mid-January, the city's chief executive John Lee said on Saturday, as Beijing accelerates the unwinding of stringent Covid-19 rules that have battered economic growth.

Authorities in Hue said a dragon-shaped water park next to Thuy Tien Lake will be officially open to tourists from March next year after renovation.

Railway authorities have rejected Hanoi Train Street coffee shop owners' demand to reopen on safety grounds.

Japan will reopen its borders to Vietnamese tourists Wednesday after over two years of closure.

China's financial hub Shanghai said on Sunday it will reopen all primary, middle and high schools, kindergartens and nurseries on Sept. 1 after months of Covid-19 closures.