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Visitors entering Vietnam will be quarantined on the property for the correct number of days and during this time two PCR tests will be performed.
On 10 September, the Minister, President of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung chaired a meeting with the relevant units on the extension of isolation in accommodation establishments for incoming foreigners and Vietnamese.
Mr. Dung said that the Prime Minister’s guiding spirit is to reopen international routes step by step, cautiously but not too strictly, which will inhibit development opportunities.
“Currently, the demand for experts, companies and investors who want to come to Vietnam to conduct surveys is very great,” Dung said.
Therefore, through comments from ministries, tourism associations, companies, the Government Office will synthesize and report to the Prime Minister at the permanent meeting of the Government on the prevention of Covid-19 tomorrow (September 11). ).
Consequently, in terms of quarantine, before boarding the plane to Vietnam, the guest must have a negative result of the host country test about 3 days before, after entering, he must check and quarantine.
Upon arrival in Vietnam, guests are quarantined from the accommodation facilities for an appropriate number of days and during this time two PCR tests will be performed; If the result is negative, the guests will be transferred to home surveillance. All testing and isolation costs will be borne by the guest.
The above short-term proposal applies to officials holding official and diplomatic passports; international agencies and organizations; experts, managers, high-tech workers; investors, relatives of these people; There is no problem with international tourists.
Minister, Head of Government Office Mai Tien Dung. Image: VGP
Minister Mai Tien Dung also pointed out that by opening international routes, the number of visitors to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will be very large, so the two towns must increase their accommodation facilities, publish the list and costs publicly. The recommended accommodations have promotions, good service controls, without price increases; have an effective plan for epidemic prevention.
Guests traveling from a third country, such as in transit to Japan, Korea … and then back to Vietnam, will need to take another plane and then comply with the mandatory mandatory isolation of 14 days.
It is recommended that the Ministry of Health consider preparing the PCR tests to obtain results quickly and accurately.
“We have to reform administrative procedures, issue visas quickly, have good information that connects to locations and businesses so that visitors can easily enter and do well in quarantine,” Dung said. He said they would advise the government to direct the ministries and branches to provide specific technical guidance, not causing difficulties or raising additional procedures.
On September 3, the Ministry of Transport informed the Prime Minister in writing about the opening of flight routes with countries that are considered to have high security capabilities. The ministry proposed on September 15 to connect routes with China, Japan and South Korea. On September 22, it connects routes with Laos, Cambodia and Taiwan.
After evaluating the quarantine capacity, the Ministry of Transportation proposed that the frequency of flights per country / region be 2 flights per week (one-way arrival, one-way departure), estimating the number of passengers on board required. The one-week quarantine is for nearly 5,000 people in Hanoi and HCMC.
From April 1, Vietnam stopped all trade routes with other countries. Recently, several foreign airlines have re-operated international routes to Vietnam, but they only carry goods in and out of Vietnam. The flights carrying passengers to Vietnam are carried out according to the plan of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the passengers are citizens with difficult circumstances, experts, high-tech workers and are isolated from epidemics.
