UPDATE OF COVID-19 INFECTION BY LOCALITY
Viet Nam has reported 118 infection cases, of whom 101, including foreign nationals, have been confirmed since March 6.
NEXT TWO WEEKS WILL BE “DECISIVE” FOR VN’S FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19, PM SAYS
PM Phuc ordered closure of nonessential services and minimize mass gatherings and tasked local authorities to go to every alley, every house to seek for people who entered Viet Nam since March 8 and identify those who need to be quarantined or diagnosed due to close contact with them.
HOTELS AND RESORTS TURNED INTO QUARANTINE BASES
Until now, there has been an estimated 140 hotels and resorts in Vietnam which set up quarantine centres for tourists. According to the Department of Tourism, almost all of these centres are two-star facilities located in Danang and Quang Ninh province.
UPDATED: HEALTH MINISTRY TRACES PASSENGERS ON FLIGHTS AFTER DETECTION OF COVID-19 PATIENTS
The Ministry of Health is tracing passengers on the following flights due to detection of COVID-19 patients on these flights.
AIRLINE SERVICE FEES REDUCED FOR NEXT SIX MONTHS
On Friday, ACV reduced fees for a range of airline services at airports, including service fees for aircraft navigation (cut by 50 per cent); and pipe ladder services, carousel rentals, automatic baggage handling, check-in counters and ground services (by 10 per cent).
SOCIAL INSURANCE PAYMENT EXTENDED FOR COVID-19 AFFECTED BUSINESSES
The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs recently delivered an official dispatch to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS), allowing a temporary halt in payments to the retirement and death allowance fund by businesses adversely hurt by the Covid-19 epidemic.
VN HALTS ENTRY TO ALL FOREIGNERS DUE TO COVID-19
The Vietnamese Government has decided to temporarily suspend entry of all foreigners since March 22 due to swift and complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.
INCOMING TRAVELERS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO CENTRALIZED QUARANTINE SINCE MARCH 21
All incoming travelers to Viet Nam shall be subject to mandatory centralized quarantine for 14 days, applicable since March 21 at the request of the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, said Deputy Minister of Transport Le Anh Tuan.
