This photograph taken on May 31, 2020 shows a woman sitting on a wall as she visits the Mua Caves viewpoint in Vietnam's Ninh Binh province. - AFP
VIETNAM is pulling ahead in the race to reopen South-East Asia to city-hoppers and sunseekers.
International arrivals were down 98% in May from a year earlier, after a record 2019. Yet success in containing the coronavirus epidemic means domestic travel has already restarted.
Thailand, by comparison, is still under a state of emergency, and other neighbours in the tourism-friendly region are only slowly easing restrictions. The steady reopening will help Vietnam’s convalescing economy, and may encourage a welcome rethink on leisure industry priorities.
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