Vietnam begins limited reopening to foreign tourists - Japanese and Koreans first to arrive confirms local media

Tourists, wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 novel coronavirus, sit at a cafe in the old quarters of Hanoi on March 18, 2020. - AFP

HANOI, Nov 15 (Bloomberg): Vietnam is welcoming foreign tourists this month for the first time since the spring of 2020 as the South-East Asian country gradually reopens its tourism sector amid the pandemic.

Khanh Hoa Province on the south central coast received two flights carrying foreign tourists from Japan and South Korea as of Thursday, newspaper Nguoi Lao Dong reported.