June 26, 2020, Vietnam Weekly
It's been well over two months since any community transmission of the coronavirus has been detected in Vietnam, leading many to wonder when the borders will reopen. Domestic airlines have made it clear that they want to resume select international flights focused on East and Northeast Asia on July 1, but this will certainly not happen.
VnExpress reported this week that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced that Vietnam won't grant permission for inbound flights through September 16 (I haven't been able to find that specific announcement). This doesn't mean that flights will resume on that date though. (A poll at the bottom of that article shows that 64% of readers said Vietnam should not resume flights on July 1.)
In that same piece, several aviation sector experts note that negotiations to allow commercial flights from China, Japan and South Korea are still in the early stages, and there are still new infections going on in those countries as well.
Meanwhile, Tuoi Tre notes that "experts, investors, business managers, and skilled workers" can enter the country, but through a specific application process, and they must undergo 14 days of quarantine upon arrival. And yesterday, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asserted that Vietnam is not ready for foreign tourists - this is not surprising, and I would guess that will remain the case, possibly with a couple of exceptions, through the rest of this year. I've seen people arguing online that the economic pain of keeping the borders closed cannot be sustained, but when the government has so effectively smashed the outbreak, why would they risk letting it back in?
Nikkei Asian Review reports that European Union officials are urging Vietnam to allow flights from the continent as the massive free trade agreement between the two sides comes online, but that seems highly unlikely.
There have been a few examples of who is getting let into the country: 440 Japanese experts and entrepreneurs arrived yesterday for a three-day visit, though it's unclear what kind of testing precautions are in place. And, over the last few weeks, trains have been ferrying 1,000 Chinese experts and workers to the Dung Quat Industrial Zone in Quang Ngai Province. The doors of the trains were sealed for the journey (sounds pleasant), and all of the arrivals are in quarantine at the sprawling industrial zone.
VnExpress reported this week that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced that Vietnam won't grant permission for inbound flights through September 16 (I haven't been able to find that specific announcement). This doesn't mean that flights will resume on that date though. (A poll at the bottom of that article shows that 64% of readers said Vietnam should not resume flights on July 1.)
In that same piece, several aviation sector experts note that negotiations to allow commercial flights from China, Japan and South Korea are still in the early stages, and there are still new infections going on in those countries as well.
Meanwhile, Tuoi Tre notes that "experts, investors, business managers, and skilled workers" can enter the country, but through a specific application process, and they must undergo 14 days of quarantine upon arrival. And yesterday, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asserted that Vietnam is not ready for foreign tourists - this is not surprising, and I would guess that will remain the case, possibly with a couple of exceptions, through the rest of this year. I've seen people arguing online that the economic pain of keeping the borders closed cannot be sustained, but when the government has so effectively smashed the outbreak, why would they risk letting it back in?
Nikkei Asian Review reports that European Union officials are urging Vietnam to allow flights from the continent as the massive free trade agreement between the two sides comes online, but that seems highly unlikely.
There have been a few examples of who is getting let into the country: 440 Japanese experts and entrepreneurs arrived yesterday for a three-day visit, though it's unclear what kind of testing precautions are in place. And, over the last few weeks, trains have been ferrying 1,000 Chinese experts and workers to the Dung Quat Industrial Zone in Quang Ngai Province. The doors of the trains were sealed for the journey (sounds pleasant), and all of the arrivals are in quarantine at the sprawling industrial zone.
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