HANOI: The Vietnamese Health Ministry has officially issued the long-awaited COVID-19 protocols for foreign arrivals in the country.
The regulations state that visitors with negative COVID tests can enjoy quarantine-free travel from day one, reported Vietnam News Agency (VNA).
Travellers entering Vietnam via air routes will have to present proof of negative SARS-CoV-2 tests (except for children under two years old) done within 72 hours prior to departure in cases of RT-PCR/RT-LAMP or within 24 hours in cases of rapid antigen tests, and the results must be certified by the authorities of the country where the tests are conducted.
People entering via road, sea, and rail will be subject to the same requirements.
If arrivals cannot show proof of negative tests, they are required to take a test (either using RT-PCR/RT-LAMP method or rapid antigen tests) in the first 24 hours from the time of arrival.
If the results are negative, they may travel outside of their place of accommodation, with public health measures still in place. If the results are positive, they must notify health authorities for further instructions.
Children under two years old are not required to take COVID-19 tests, and they can still enter Vietnam and take part in activities outside of the place of accommodation with their parents or relatives even if they have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 or contracted the virus before.
Arrivals must make medical declaration before entering and use Vietnam's COVID-19 mobile application (PC-COVID, available on both iOS and Android) during their entire stay according to regulations.
At the border gate, if one shows symptoms of COVID-19 infection (fever; cough; sore throat; runny nose, stuffy nose; body aches, fatigue, chills; reduced or loss of taste; reduced or loss of sense of smell; headache; diarrhoea; breathing difficulties; respiratory infection, etc.), they must immediately notify the health agency at the border gate to take medical measures as regulated.
No mandatory quarantine is required, but in the first 10 days after entry, people should self-monitor their health and if any symptoms develop, ask for assistance from the nearest medical facilities.
Visitors are asked to frequently wear masks and disinfect their hands.
People without negative COVID-19 results prior to entry are asked to not make rest stops and make contact with other people along the way from the border gate to their place of accommodation.
Some prominent omissions in the latest official set of COVID-19 rules is that there is no longer a requirement for the COVID-19 vaccination or recent recovery certificates, multiple tests required before and after entry, or the need to comply with restrictions like avoiding gathering or keeping safe distance, like in previous proposed plans from the ministry.
The guidelines, released the day after the country fully reopened international tourism activities and reinstated pre-pandemic entry and exit regulations, replace all other previous COVID-19 rules for foreign entries and the health ministry asks local authorities and State agencies to quickly direct the implementation of the COVID rules to avoid spreading the virus among the travellers and the community.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Wed Mar 16 2022
Arrivals must make medical declaration before entering and use Vietnam's COVID-19 mobile application (PC-COVID, available on both iOS and Android) during their entire stay according to regulations. - REUTERS
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