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Vietnam to resume regular flights to 7 countries, territories

Seven countries and territories - the US, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan (China) and the Republic of Korea (RoK) - have basically agreed with Vietnam's proposal on a plan to resume regular international routes, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
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Hanoi (VNA) – Seven countries and territories - the US, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand,Taiwan (China) and the Republic of Korea (RoK) - have basically agreed with Vietnam'sproposal on a plan to resume regular international routes, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

Statistics from theauthority show that in the first seven days after re-operating regularinternational flights from January 1, there were a total of 64 flights carrying7,847 passengers to Vietnam.

Of these, there are 18commercial flights, 25 “combo” ones and 21 for experts and tourists.

A representative ofthe national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines said it has reopenedregular commercial flights to carry passengers to Vietnam from the US (4flights/week), Japan (3), the RoK (2), Taiwan (1),Singapore (2), Thailand (2), and Cambodia (4).

Vietnam Airlines plansto resume flights to Australia, which is hoped to serve the increasing demandof Vietnamese expats in Australia who look to return home for the Lunar NewYear (Tet) festival, and prevent the risk of market domination by internationalairlines operating through other gateways.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed the Governmentinstruct relevant ministries and sectors to handle procedures relating to COVID-19 prevention and control works on international arrivals, including RT-PRC test,health declaration and vaccine passport.

The CAAV will continue to closely monitor the implementationof the pilot phase of the plan, and promote negotiations with aviationauthorities of countries and territories that are deploying the plan in order tosoon resume regular international flights with Vietnam, and increase thefrequency of flights in suitable conditions.

Deputy Minister ofTransport Le Anh Tuan asked the CAAV to urgently work with the aviation authority of Australia to be ready for restoring regularinternational flights between the two countries, and consider Vietnamese citizens' demand for returning home, thus proposing specific destinations and exploitationfrequency./.
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