VNExpress-Mar 8
A Vietnamese woman and her South Korean boyfriend desperate to meet each other after being apart for a long time reunited in the Philippines last week. With their respective countries yet to open their borders fully to international travel and having several restrictions in place, Ho Phuong Nhi and Hwa Yong chose the Philippines as their reunion rendezvous after the Southeast Asian nation fully reopened its doors to foreign tourists early February and eased quarantine requirements. On February 24, Nhi departed from HCMC while her boyfriend flew from South Korea’s Incheon Airport to Manila. “When we met at Manila airport, I jumped for joy as we were finally reunited after two years of separation because of the Covid pandemic,” Nhi said. Nhi and Yong met and fell in love with each other five years ago. While he continued to live in South Korea and she in Vietnam, they kept meeting each other regularly until early 2020, when the pandemic broke out and regular flights from South Korea to Vietnam were suspended. For the last two years, the couple had looked for all kinds of ways to go abroad and meet each other, including getting a marriage visa or applying for a Canadian visa, but nothing worked out. When several Southeast Asian countries reopened their borders, they intended to travel to Thailand, but chose the Philippines because the procedures to enter the country were much simpler. Read more at: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/travel/lovers-from-vietnam-south-korea-reunite-in-third-country-4436444.html
