PROPOSAL TO RESTORE 6 INT’L AIRWAYS

Since June, several foreign airlines have re-exploited international airways from and to Vietnam, all fights only carried freights to Vietnam and passengers and freights from Vietnam to other nations. Passenger flights to Vietnam were only conducted in the plan of the ministry of Foreign Affairs and all passengers were quarantined as regulated. Recently, the ministry of Transport submitted the prime minister the plan to recover several international airways in August.

These proposed airways included: Quang Zhou – Danang, Tokyo – Hanoi, Tai Pei- HCMC, Vientiane- Quang Ninh Phnompenh – Can Tho. The rate of international commercial flights is 1 flight/ week for each nation and territory. Each week there will be from 2,500 to 3,000 passengers to Vietnam on normal flights. The conditions for passengers is eligible visa and fully compliance with medical quarantine on covid-19 pandemic when entering the country. To ensure pandemic prevention, Vietnam’s ministry of health needs to complete instructions for medical quarantine for foreigners to Vietnam, the ministry of defense prepare quarantine basis for passengers on normal flights, localities are responsible for deploying processes of receiving Vietnamese and foreigners entering the country at airports.