Spokesperson for Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lê Thị Thu Hằng made the statement on Thursday during a press briefing held in Hà Nội in response to questions over reports of many Vietnamese abroad falling victims to scams as they were desperate to get home as COVID-19 pandemic situation in many countries have worsened. … [Read more...] about Foreign ministry warns over scam repatriation flights
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HCM City proposes use of hotel rooms as paid quarantine facilities
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism has proposed the use of 1,618 rooms at 10 hotels to serve as paid quarantine facilities for foreign experts upon their arrival to Vietnam. The ten hotels, classed from three to five-stars, will be used for isolation only, and will not receive guests during the isolation period. The isolation of foreign experts to Vietnam will be divided into separate periods to facilitate the medical supervision at quarantine facilities. In the first phase, the city will use three hotels with total of 744 rooms in District 5, District 1 and Can Gio District to isolate foreign experts. In the second phase, an additional 520 hotel rooms in District 1, District 7 and District 3 will be used, with 345 hotel rooms in District 1 and Tan Binh District to be mobilised in the third phase. Foreigners who enter Ho Chi Minh City must make a health declaration, have their body temperature checked, and take a test for COVID-19 virus at the airport. After an isolation … [Read more...] about HCM City proposes use of hotel rooms as paid quarantine facilities
Vietnamese passenger dies on repatriation flight from the US
To date, more than 1,700 Vietnamese citizens in the US have been brought home on five repatriation flights while some 13,000 others still wish to return as the COVID-19 pandemic is witnessing complicated developments. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese passenger dies on repatriation flight from the US
Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia July 16
The minister said it is necessary to establish a regular information channel between the two sides, with technical and equipment assistance, to cope with the pandemic as well as other diseases, adding that the two ministries should coordinate closer in the time to come. … [Read more...] about Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia July 16
Elderly passenger dies on repatriation flight from the US
To date, more than 1,700 Vietnamese citizens in the US have been brought home on five repatriation flights while some 13,000 others still wish to return as the COVID-19 pandemic is witnessing complicated developments. … [Read more...] about Elderly passenger dies on repatriation flight from the US
