Vietnam to reopen air routes to RoK, Japan on September 15
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has built a plan to resume international air routes, firstly the ones linking with the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Japan on September 15.
Hanoi (VNA) –The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has built a plan to resumeinternational air routes, firstly the ones linking with the Republic of Korea(RoK) and Japan on September 15.
CAAV Director Dinh Viet Thang told Vietnam NewsAgency on August 31 that the country has finished discussion about flightresumption with the two Northeast Asian nations.
Accordingly, there will be eight flights perweek in total, four linking with Japan and another four with the RoK.
All passengers boarding those flights to Vietnamwill be subject to mandatory 14-day quarantine to prevent COVID-19transmission, he noted.
The Ministry of Transport is set to have ameeting on September 1 with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry ofNational Defence, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labour, Invalidsand Social Affairs to discuss the resumption of international air routes indetail, especially the quarantine of passengers.
Before the resurgence of COVID-19 in late July,the Transport Ministry had proposed commercial international air routes bereopened on August 1.
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