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Vietnam drops COVID-19 test requirement for foreign arrivals from May 15

Vietnam will drop the COVID-19 test requirement for visitors entering the country starting from 00:00am May 15 as the pandemic has been brought under control.
Vietnam drops COVID-19 test requirement for foreign arrivals from May 15 ảnh 1Passengers in Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi, Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam will drop the COVID-19 test requirement forvisitors entering the country starting from 00:00am May 15 as the pandemic hasbeen brought under control.

The move came as the number of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam has decreasedsignificantly since March 15 this year, according to an official documentissued by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on May 14.

The document also noted that the country has also seen a decreasing number ofCOVID-19 deaths, severe cases and hospitalisations. Many countries have alsorelaxed COVID-19 curbs while existing vaccines are still effective againstdifferent variants of coronavirus.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is asked to direct Vietnamese agencies abroadto notify people wishing to enter Vietnam to comply with requirements onCOVID-19 prevention and control as per the guidance of the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam dropped health declaration requirements for foreign arrivals from April27 and COVID-19 vaccine certificates, quarantine requirements from March 16shortly after it reopened tourism for international visitors.

Vietnam has to date administered more than 216.5 million doses of COVID-19vaccines, of which nearly 68.7 million people have been vaccinated with atleast two doses.

In the past week, the country reported only one COVID-19 death a day onaverage./.
VNA
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