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US lists Vietnam high Covid risk destination

US lists Vietnam high Covid risk destination

The U.S. CDC listed Vietnam in a group of high Covid risk countries in its updated travel warnings while Pakistan banned travel from Vietnam. Fifty-six countries and territories, including Australia, Laos, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam, have been listed as level 3, or those posing high Covid-19 risks …

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New stock trading accounts hit record 220,000 in November

New stock trading accounts hit record 220,000 in November

More than 220,600 new stock trading accounts were opened in November, a record number and up 70 percent from October. It took the total number of retail stock accounts to 4.03 million, or 4.09 percent of Vietnam’s population. November was the ninth month in a row in which the number …

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Thailand plots sustainable comeback for DiCaprio beach

Thailand plots sustainable comeback for DiCaprio beach

While travel stopped and the world locked down, in the dazzling blue waters of Thailand’s idyllic Phi Phi islands, a gentle renaissance was underway. Mass tourism had brought the archipelago, immortalized in Leonardo DiCaprio movie “The Beach”, to the brink of ecological catastrophe. Now Thailand hopes to make Phi Phi …

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