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The Hanoitimes - However, as South Korean passengers have now cancelled air bookings to Vietnam, airlines are reducing flight frequency to South Korea. Despite the complicated situation of Covid-19 outbreak in South Korea, the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport (MoT) has not considered suspending flights between Vietnam and South Korea, according to Le Anh Tuan, vice minister of transport. Illustrative photo. However, as a large number of South Korean passengers have cancelled air bookings to Vietnam, airlines are reducing flight frequency to South Korea, said Tuan in an interview with Vietnam News Agency on February 23. Without passengers, most airlines have suspended flight routes from Vietnam to Daegu, the epicenter of the outbreak, while only Vietjet Air flies to Daegu at the moment, Tuan added. According to Tuan, the MoT is closely monitoring the situation of the epidemic in Daegu and has sought the instruction from Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and … [Read more...] about Vietnam – S.Korea flights momentarily unaffected

The Hanoitimes - As of present, four Vietnamese airlines are operating 14 flight routes to South Korean’s major cities. Bamboo Airways has become Vietnam’s first airline to suspend flights to South Korea due to the rapid spread of the Covid-19 epidemic in the Northeast Asian country. In a bid to ensure safety for passengers and the community, the airline would suspend the operation of two routes Da Nang – Incheon (DAD-ICN) and Nha Trang – Incheon (CXR-ICN) from February 26, said Bamboo Airways in a statement. Currently, DAD-ICN and CXR – ICN routes are being operated daily by Bamboo Airways with a frequency of seven two-way flights per week each with A321NEO. “The operation suspension of these two routes is an extremely important and necessary action to actively contribute to preventing the spread of epidemic,” said the airline. The airline also urged Vietnamese citizens or South Korean visitors planning to come back to their hometown should proactively … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s first airline suspends flights to S.Korea

The Hanoitimes - The Hanoi’s authorities will have to plan quarantine and monitor Vietnamese returning from South Korea. Hanoi would isolate people from South Korea’s regions infected with Covid-19 epidemic for 14 days from the day of their arrival in the capital city, Zing.vn quoted Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Health Hoang Duc Hanh as saying at a meeting on February 23. Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung speaks at the meeting. Photo: Zing According to Hanh, there are about 26,000 Vietnamese citizens living in Deagu and North Gyeongsang, the two South Korea’s provinces where Covid-19 broke out, and asked the Epidemic Prevention Steering Committee to set plan for quarantining the returnees from there. Hanh requested isolatation of South Korean tourists coming from these two provinces for 14 days at their accommodation facilities. Director of the Hanoi Department of Health Nguyen Khac Hien also suggested that the … [Read more...] about Hanoi to quarantine people from South Korea’s coronavirus-hit regions

The Hanoitimes - Health declaration is now required for everyone coming to Vietnam from South Korea. Vietnam started to apply preventive safety measures to all passengers from South Korea as of 3:00pm on February 23 at all border gates, according to the Ministry of Health. Due to the complicated evolution of the Covid-19 epidemic in South Korea, Vietnam’s Ministry of Health on Sunday held a meeting with relevant ministries and agencies to analyze the situation in South Korea and proposed measures to prevent the disease from spreading through arrivals from the Northeast Asian country. Illustrative photo Health declaration is now required for everyone coming from South Korea, according to a Health Ministry regulation issued yesterday. Those with symptoms like high fever, coughing and breathing difficulties will be put in quarantine. Besides, following the Vietnamese government’s instruction, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urgently adopt measures to … [Read more...] about Vietnam to apply preventive safety measures on passengers from South Korea

The Hanoitimes - Northeast Asian markets such as China, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea make up a significant source of revenue for Vietnamese airlines. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has estimated the Covid-19 epidemic would cause a decline of 15% year-on-year in the number of air passengers and a loss of VND25 trillion (US$1.08 billion) in revenue to local airlines, VnExpress reported. At a meeting on February 27, CAAV Director Dinh Viet Thang said the agency has envisioned two scenarios for Vietnam’s aviation market in 2020 under the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic. In the first scenario where the epidemic is contained before April, airlines in Vietnam would handle a total of 67 million passengers, down 15% year-on-year, including 32 million foreign and 35 million domestic passengers. However, if the epidemic could only be controlled in June, air passengers are predicted to fall 22% year-on-year to a total of 61 million, including 10 … [Read more...] about Vietnam aviation industry to see US$1 billion revenue shaved on Covid-19