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The Vietnam Travel Safety app (Photo: VOV)

The app, which operated in both iOS and Android operating systems, was officially kick-started by the General Department of Tourism on October 10. The General Department of Tourism had earlier issued Official Letter No. 1330 / TCDL-TTTTDL to provincial/municipal Tourism Management Departments on the implementation of the application.

Vietnam Travel Safety app is available in both Vietnamese and English, its numerous utility facilities might give visitors peace of mind while traveling in Vietnam, especially during this COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, the app features a digital map containing information on service facilities that have registered for safety standards with state management agencies, including restaurants, hotels, apartments, entertainment places, transport providers, hospitals and pharmacies, etc.

The app features many useful utilities (Photo: VOV)

Information about destinations is also available (Photo: VGP)

Visitors can also leave comments, feedback, and photos reflecting the service quality at each service facility on the app.

On top of that, updated COVID-19 safety guidelines issued by the Vietnam Ministry of Health, the exact numbers of infected/ recovered patients, current COVID-19 hotspots, information about the destinations, promotion programs are also available on the app, VOV reported.

The app is aimed at more than 43 million smartphone users. It has been available from 10:00 AM on October 10 via http://vietnamtourism.gov.vn/live.

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