Vietnam to pilot reopening international flights from January 1, 2022

11/12/2021

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has approved a plan to resume regular international passenger flights to destinations with high safety factors. The pilot period will start from January 1, 2022, next year.

In the immediate future, Vietnam will restore regular international passenger flights to destinations with high safety coefficients such as Beijing/Guangzhou (China), Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (Korea), Taipei (Taiwan - China), Bangkok (Thailand), Singapore, Vientiane (Laos), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), San Francisco/Los Angeles (USA), based on the Ministry of Health's guidance on epidemic prevention measures for entrants, ensuring safety, efficiency and smoothness.

The Ministry of Health will urgently issue medical guidelines for people entering the country on regular international commercial flights, and widely consult experts, businesses, and the public. At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Health to negotiate and reach an early agreement with countries and territories on mutual recognition of “vaccine passports”, prioritizing localities implementing the pilot phase.

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The restoration of regular international flights aims to promote economic and tourism recovery, while also creating conditions for people to return home during the Lunar New Year. - Photo: Internet

In addition, the Ministries of Health, Public Security, and Information and Communications shall immediately unify and announce a common medical declaration software for air travel to facilitate passenger declaration, aviation business operations, as well as medical monitoring, control, and tracing of entrants.

In addition, relevant units need to step up propaganda so that people clearly understand the purpose and meaning of restoring regular international flights, while ensuring effective safety and epidemic prevention.

Khanh Ha - Source: Government Information
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