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.

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.

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.

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.

Around 600,000 kindergartners in Hanoi will return to school starting April 13, the municipal People’s Committee said Friday afternoon.

Hanoi is allowing karaoke, massage parlors, bars and internet cafes to reopen starting this Friday after a year of Covid outbreak related restrictions.

Myanmar will resume international passenger flights from April 17, the military said Saturday, lifting a two-year ban on foreign tourists.

International schools in HCMC and Hanoi have reopened with Covid-19 safety protocols in place, and parents are mostly unworried about sending their children.

The Hanoi Party standing committee has approved the reopening of kindergartens on March 1, the city people's committee said Thursday.

Given its high vaccination rate and experience in fighting Covid-19, Vietnam is now "confident" to reopen social and economic activities, PM Pham Minh Chinh said.

Preschool children in HCMC can return to classes in February, but it would be optional with parents deciding if they want to send their children, city authorities said Wednesday.

The HCMC Department of Education and Training has proposed that preschoolers return to school in February 2022 based on parents' agreement.

Ho Chi Minh City supermarkets will resume “new normal” operations starting Friday, after months of various type of restrictions imposed to fight Covid-19.