Foreigners on short-term stays in Vietnam exempted from 14-day quarantine

by NDO02 September 2020 Last updated at 18:00 PM

Those entering Vietnam must strictly comply with Covid-19 prevention measures.
Those entering Vietnam must strictly comply with Covid-19 prevention measures.

VTV.vn - Foreigners arriving in Vietnam for stays of less than two weeks will not be subject to the compulsory 14-day quarantine at a government facility, according to new guidelines of the Ministry of Health (MOH).

But they still must strictly comply with Covid-19 prevention measures in order to ensure safety and prevent community transmission.

Those eligible for entering Vietnam include investors, experts, high-skilled workers, business managers and their family, diplomatic officials and others under specific agreements.

The MOH also recommends that ministries and local governments make careful considerations before inviting experts and foreign guests for diplomatic and official purposes.

Experts and guests entering Vietnam for such purposes must have health insurance or the organisations inviting them must pledge to pay for the treatment costs in the event that they contract Covid-19.

They are also required to install the contact-tracing app Bluezone during their time in Vietnam, except for senior officials from the deputy minister level, and to fully comply with coronavirus prevention rules in Vietnam.

In the meantime, Vietnam reported no local infection of Covid-19 on the morning of September 2, with the epicentre of Da Nang well under control after more than a month since the resurgence of the virus.

To date, Vietnam has recorded 1,044 cases, with 735 recoveries and 34 deaths.

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