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Noi Bai airport suspends receiving flights carrying Vietnamese citizens from abroad
Updated: 13:55, 26/03/2020
The Ministry of Transport sent an urgent dispatch to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) on the suspension of international flights carrying Vietnamese citizens to the Hanoi-based Noi Bai Airport starting from 0:00am on March 26.
The dispatch, signed by Deputy Transport Minister Le Anh Tuan, explained that the decision is made as quarantine facilities in Hanoi have become overloaded and unable to accommodate more people.
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Area for health quarantine at Noi Bai Airport. |
The CAAV is asked to inform all airlines to stop the transport of Vietnamese citizens to the Noi Bai Airport until the end of March 31.
Earlier, the Transport Ministry also sent a dispatch to the CAAV requesting the halt of the transport of Vietnamese from foreign countries to the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, starting from 0:00am on March 25 to 31, for the same reason.
Conglomerate Vingroup recently proposed a relief package worth 100 billion VND (4.23 million USD) to procure medical equipment and chemicals for testing of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes Covid-19.
The Health Ministry has allowed 19 medical facilities to test for Covid-19 in addition to the three approved by the World Health Organization.
The Prime Minister has requested more drastic measures to prevent Covid-19 spread.
(BGO)
– On the 89 founding anniversary of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the
Youth Union in Lang Giang district, Bac Giang province launched the week “Blue
shirt joins hand to fight against Covid-19” from March 20 – 29.
(BGO)- In response to
the call for the whole people’s involvement in the fight against Covid-19, the
provincial Fatherland Front Committee (FFC) on 24 March received donations from
the agencies and organizations for Covid-19 fight in the northern province of
Bac Giang. Tran Cong Thang, member of the provincial Standing Party Committee,
Chairman of the FFC and other leaders of the FFC received the donations.
Source: VNA
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