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The Hanoitimes - The international airport is ready to resume operations after one month of closure to prevent Covid-19. Van Don International Airport will reopen from March 3 as the pandemic in the northern province of Quang Ninh is rolled back. Van Don International Airport reopens from March 3. Photo: Vietnam Airlines The airport plans to reopen routes connecting Van Don and Ho Chi Minh City and accept repatriation flights bringing in Vietnamese citizens and foreign specialists. Vietnam Airlines, the national flag carriers, will conduct the first flight on Wednesday on the Van Don-Ho Chi Minh City routes from March 3 to 7 and then increase number of weekly flights to three to be operated on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays from March 18 to December 31. The flight will depart from Ho Chi Minh City at 13:00 and Van Don at 15:45. Earlier, the provincial authorities inspected the pandemic situation at the Van Don Airport on February 20 and asked the … [Read more...] about Van Don Int’l Airport reopens from March 3

Vietnam Airlines announced on February 26 that it will resume flights between Ho Chi Minh City and the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Van Don Airport, which had been hit by COVID-19, on March 3 as the province has brought the pandemic under control and the airport is now safe to cater to passengers. Illustrative photo The national flag carrier will therefore become the first to restart flights to the Van Don airport since the local COVID-19 outbreak began. From March 3 to 17, one weekly flight will ply the route between the two destinations, on Wednesdays. Flight numbers will be increased to three a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, from March 18 until the end of the year. Flights will take off at 1pm from HCM City and 3.45pm from Van Don. Passengers on the first three flights after resumption will enjoy a discounted fair of 507,000 VND (22 USD) per leg. According to the carrier, as the third wave of COVID-19 was handled quite … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines to resume flights to Van Don Airport on March 3

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) on Thursday issued an order requesting airport administrators across the country to beef up safety control of their ground vehicle operations after a number of accidents caused by the ground vehicles had happened at their flight zones. The most recent accident occurred at 8:45 am on February 18 when an airport tractor managed by Pacific Airlines went out of control and collided with a sign board at the flight zone inside Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. Earlier, a Vietjet Air-operated Airbus A321 aircraft, which was being towed towards its parking lot, crashed a stair truck of the Saigon Ground Services (SAGS) at Tan Son Nhat at 8:40 pm on February 12. The collision caused a dent on the stair truck’s hood and bent its back hydraulic kickstand. Likewise, the Airbus A321 plane was dented for about 20 centimeters on its right-wing tip. In order to minimize incidents involving ground support vehicles operating … [Read more...] about Vietnam aviation authority orders safety ramp-up of ground vehicle operations at airports

Buddhists pray online due to COVID-19 outbreak Blood shortage warned as donations postponed due to COVID-19 outbreaks The resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in many cities and provinces in recent weeks has seriously affected the blood supply for medical treatment. Although many people and organisations responded to the call of blood donation by the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) on February 19, the amount of blood received per day was still only a few hundred units while the average need for treatment each day is from 1,200 to 1,500 units. There is usually a shortage of blood during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday as the holiday lasts long while blood has a short shelf life and many patients still need blood transfusions during Tết. This year, the pandemic's resurgence has made the shortage after Tết even worse. Before Tết, 30 entities requested to postpone or cancel blood donation plans which meant the NIHBT missed out on … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES FEB. 25

Hanoi reports case of COVID-19 relapse A patient has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 again after being given the all-clear, the Hanoi Centre of Disease Control (CDC Hanoi) said on February 25. The 48-year-old patient, who resides in Dich Vong ward in Cau Giay district, has been taken to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases for further quarantine and treatment. The case does not pose any risk of community transmission, Deputy Director of CDC Hanoi Khong Minh Tuan said. Hanoi had reported 36 COVID-19 cases between January 27 and 12pm on February 25, according to the municipal Department of Health. Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung said relevant agencies have been asked to assess infection risks and put forward solutions to reach the “new normal”./. Citizen protection provided to Vietnamese affected by record cold in Texas The Vietnamese Consulate General in Texas and Vietnamese representative offices in the US are keeping a close watch on … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES FEB. 26