From March 7, 2020 all travelers arriving into Vietnam are to complete a health declaration form requesting basic medical information and health information. The completion of the form can be done online or on paper. There are medical staffs at the arrival port to stamp the forms for verification. The forms are in English or other languages. There are interpreters of several languages at the arrival ports to assist the travelers with. If there are any symptoms related to the coronavirus, then the traveler will be transferred to a quarantine center.
Vietnam Airlines halts all flights between Vietnam and South Korea from 5-March-2020. This is to help fight the transmission of the coronavirus disease. South Korea has seen increasing cases infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19). Vietnam has had all 16 coronavirus-infected cases fully recovered and released from the hospital by far. The Vietnamese authorities have strict restrictions on travel to and from infected countries and destinations.
From 03-March-2020 Vietnam halts the visa exemption policy to the Italian Nationals. This is a temporary measure to help mitigate the spread of coronavirus into Vietnam. Italy is surging numbers of newly infected cases of the coronavirus disease.
From 28-February-2020 Vietnam halts the visa exemption policy to South Korean Nationals. This is a temporary measure to help mitigate the spread of coronavirus into Vietnam. South Korea is another country apart from China with surging numbers of newly infected cases.
By far (28-February-2020), Vietnam has had 16 infected cases and all have been fully recovered and discharged from hospital. On 28-February-2020 US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have removed Vietnam from the list of countries with the danger of COVID-19 community widespread transmission.
Live updates by Vietnam's Health Ministry on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic in Vietnam. The numbers show the figures since the beginning of the outbreak in the country.
Vietnam Airlines has started its flights between Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Bali (Indonesia). The flights depart Vietnam at 11:10 A.M and depart Indonesia at 16:50. The flights are on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday. This is the second direct flight between Vietnam and Indonesia, the first one is between Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta. All flights are with Airbus 321 aircrafts.
Cambodia Angkor Air is to fly Phnom Penh - Da Nang from late October, 2019. There are 5 flights per week: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. The air firm is to fly daily from January 2020. The flight time for Phnom Penh - Da Nang is 13:30-14:50 and the return flight time is 1540-1700. Currently, Cambodia Angkor Air also flies Siem Reap - Ho Chi Minh and Siem Reap - Da Nang.
In the later half of September 2019 Vietnam Airlines has started flights between Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Phuket (Thailand) with 3 return flights per week. The flights depart Ho Chi Minh City at 15:50 and Phuket at 18:40 on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. The air firm is to plan for 7 return flights per week after March, 2020.
In the initial phase from 18-September-2019 through the end of March-2020, the air firm plans to operate 5 return flights per week due to limited capacity of the Denpasar Airport (Bali): Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday. After this period, the firm is to plan for 7 flights per week. The flight times are 11:10 A.M from Ho Chi Minh City and 16:50 from Bali.
20-August-2019 Hue Authorities have decided to increase the fees to the tourist attractions in Hue as follows:
Cambodia bans people (tourists and locals) from eating and partying in the area of the Angkor Wat Temple and on the lawns around this famed temple. Vendors are prohibited from renting out mats or hammocks to the visitors on these lawns, too. All these acts are considered to have negative impacts on this World Heritate Site as well as the environtment around it.
9-August-2019 Due to bad weather and flooded runway that Phu Quoc Airport flights were halted from 09:00 A.M to 20:30. The airport has resumed its normal operation after 20:30.
