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Authorities in South Korea’s Gangwon Province temporarily halted issuing new visas for Vietnamese tourists to Yangyang County from Sunday until the end of this month. “The suspension was due to South Korean authorities rearranging the management and visa issuance for Vietnamese entering through Yang Yang airport after a visa-free trial,” …

The U.S. dollar gained 0.06% over the Vietnamese dong Monday to a new peak of VND24,885 at Vietcombank. Its value has surged 8.6% this year at the state-owned lender. Other lenders, including Sacombank and Eximbank, also hiked the rate to VND24,885, the maximum rate allowed Monday. The State Bank of …

Many users of Vietnamese mobile carrier MobiFone in HCMC reported outage Monday morning, allegedly due to an unannounced system upgrade. Hoang Duong, a shipper in downtown District 1, said his phone could not receive mobile signal starting around 8:15 a.m. At first, he thought it was a problem with his …