Vietnam and China Agree to Resume Commercial Flights

[Viet]

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One would have thought a China-Thailand air bridge would be first. No, it’s China-Vietnam, putting Vietnam ahead of its neighbors in Southeast Asia in welcoming back Chinese tourists, although full details have yet to be released.

Vietnam has agreed to resume commercial flights to and from China after months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s ministry of transport said on Monday, noting the frequency and timing of flights was still being discussed.

With just 372 infections and no deaths, the Southeast Asian nation has seen no community infections of the virus for nearly three months, allowing it to start resuming economic activity sooner than many other countries.

Vietnam suspended all commercial flights to and from China and stopped issuing visas for Chinese tourists in February after the first cases were detected in the country. A visa suspension for Chinese tourists is still in place.

Aviation authorities in Vietnam and China would decide on when flights would resume and their frequency, the ministry said in a statement.


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[Journeyman]

please don't turn vietnam into a covid-fest country. The other day, Vietnam is hunting down 4 chinese dudes with the virus who ran away from the hospital while they're under quarantined.

 

[PeacefulWar]

This is only for good will both countries want to show.
Realistically, I expected only few travelers will fly between CN and VN for rest of the year. Most of them will be business people.

 

[Viet]

please don't turn vietnam into a covid-fest country. The other day, Vietnam is hunting down 4 chinese dudes with the virus who ran away from the hospital while they're under quarantined.

With proper health safety in place the risk is controllable. We can’t close the border for long. Besides, they bring factories to us.