Full tourism reopening also marks official resumption of int’l exchange: Deputy PM
The date March 15 marked not only Vietnam’s complete reopening to foreign tourists but also the country’s official resumption of international exchange like the pre-pandemic period, with some measures taken to manage risks and ensure safety for all, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has said.
Foreigners at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on March 15. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The date March 15 marked not only Vietnam’s complete reopeningto foreign tourists but also the country’s official resumption of internationalexchange like the pre-pandemic period, with some measures taken to manage risksand ensure safety for all, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has said.
Addressinga conference which was held on March 15 in both online and offline forms and connected to several localities across the country and 94 Vietnamese embassies and representative agencies abroad, he noted the reopening of international tourism doesn’t mean Vietnam is racing with some other countries that have taken similarsteps earlier, but the decision was made in a highly prudent process.
Afterthe reopening, tourism recovery will not take place quickly in just a few daysor weeks, but it will take several months or longer, Dam added.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (centre) and other officials at the meeting on March 15. (Photo: VNA)
Someparticipants in the meeting pointed out that official medical requirements for peopleentering Vietnam haven’t been issued while the country has restoredinternational tourism.
Inresponse, Deputy PM Dam said the Government's leaders had ordered the Ministry ofCulture, Sports and Tourism to work with the Ministry of Health to issueinstructions, but the Ministry of Health is still consulting with specialised agencies.
Herepeated the Government and the PM’s viewpoint of not differentiating between foreignersand Vietnamese nationals in COVID-19 prevention and control. Air passengers must have a testing certificate before boarding, so they will betreated in the same way with those in Vietnam. Meanwhile, others who come toVietnam by waterway, road, and railway will have to comply with someanti-pandemic rules.
Damalso called on Vietnamese ambassadors and overseas representative agencies,along with businesses and people working in the tourism industry, to join handsto opportunely seize reopening chances so as to soon revive the sector and makeup for the pandemic-caused losses over the last two years./.
Nguyen Trung Khanh, General Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), has stressed the need for ministries, agencies and localities to observe regulations on COVID-19 prevention and control unanimously as the country fully opens its doors to international tourists from March 15.
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Foreigners at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on March 15. (Photo: VNA) 
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (centre) and other officials at the meeting on March 15. (Photo: VNA) 
