Vietnam Airlines resumes international flying with Seoul-Hanoi

Vietnam Airlines has opened bookings for Seoul-Hanoi, with the first flight scheduled to depart 25 September. “This is the first official scheduled international commercial flight to Vietnam since the Covid-19 situation restabilised in Vietnam,” the airline said Wednesday. The airline is offering over 300 seats on an Airbus A350. Tickets are not sold through its website but instead through its offices and official agents in South Korea and Vietnam. “Being the first scheduled international commercial flight to Vietnam, stringent coordination of Vietnam Airlines and the [relevant] authorities is required. As soon as the plan was approved on the night of September 22 by the government, Vietnam Airlines and related units completed all necessary procedures to resume this route and open bookings.” Passengers are subject to various requirements, and this includes producing a valid result for a Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction test, taken within three days before departure; confirming their quarantine details in Vietnam; installing a tracking app on their mobile phone; and completing medical reports.<br/>