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TEN DOMESTIC AIR ROUTES TO BE RESUMED FROM OCTOBER 10
The Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam (CAAV), under the Ministry of Transport, has planned to resume 10 domestic air routes from October 10 after reaching agreement with the relevant localities.
These air routes are from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hoa, Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, and Phu Quoc island (Kien Giang) at a frequency of four return flights per day; from Ho Chi Minh City to Thua Thien-Hue at a frequency of one return flight per week; from Ho Chi Minh City to Nghe An at a frequency of two flight per week; from Thanh Hoa to Khanh Hoa, Dak Lak, and Phu Quoc at a frequency of one flight per day.
Passengers shall be required to have full vaccination certificate (the second dose must be taken at least 14 days and no more than 12 months before departure time) or COVID-19 recovery certificate issued six months before departure time.
In addition, passengers are required to comply with the Ministry of Health’s 5K message.
Passengers from “red zones” or very high-risk areas are required to show negative COVID-19 test certificate issued within 72 hours before the time of departure.
Passengers departing from Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, and Long An are also required to show negative COVID-19 test certificate issued within 72 hours before the time of departure. Upon arrival, they have to self-monitor their health at home or place of residence for seven days and will be tested for COVID-19 on the 2nd and 7th day.
Source: VGP
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