This afternoon, September 25, first international commercial flight to Vietnam, how do passengers isolate themselves?

At noon on September 25, Vietnam Airlines flight number VN417 departing from Seoul (South Korea) landed safely at Noi Bai Airport (Hanoi City). This is a journey international commercial flight Vietnam’s aviation industry first in Vietnam, after long affected by pandemic COVID-19.

This is not only the first international commercial flight to Vietnam after the Covid-19 epidemic, but also a pilot flight to assess the ability to exploit and receive international passengers from the entire aviation industry.

To carry out this flight, the Ministry of Transport, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, Vietnam Airlines, Noi Bai International Airport and related authorities have coordinated special preparation in recent days. . In particular, the focus is on completing plans to ensure flight operations, flight safety, and meet epidemic prevention standards and passenger isolation capabilities.

Flight VN417 on the Seoul – Hanoi journey is operated by Vietnam Airlines with the new generation Airbus A350 wide-body aircraft, which carries passengers who are Vietnamese citizens and Korean experts and investors. To board this flight, passengers must comply with extremely strict disease prevention and control procedures such as: Have a negative certificate for SARS-CoV-2 according to the real-time PCR method of the competent medical authority. rights within 3 days before departure, confirm Vietnam quarantine location, install contact tracker app, medical statement …

After the flight, the passenger continues to be tested for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam. If the result is positive, the guests will be transferred to a medical center for isolation and care in accordance with current regulations. If negative, guests will be quarantined at the registered hotel and screened a second time on the sixth day of entry or as soon as there is any suspicion … If the second test is negative Passengers are allowed to transfer to place of residence, quarantine for 14 days, and take action to prevent epidemics as prescribed.

For the crew, all members, after returning to Vietnam, are also subjected to medical checks and quarantined. The aircraft is sprayed to sterilize the entire passenger compartment, chemical cabin in accordance with international standards.

Passengers of the first international commercial flight arriving at Noi Bai airport after the layover time caused by the Covid-19 pandemic

Earlier, on the morning of September 25, Vietnam Airlines flew VN416 on the trip from Hanoi to Seoul.

In the next time, Vietnam Airlines plans to restore the flights between Vietnam and China, Taiwan (China), Laos and Cambodia in the next time, as soon as it is approved by the Government and the authorities.