Vietnam’s national flag carrier resumes inbound international flights

Vietnam Airlines has resumed inbound commercial international flights, with a flight from Taiwan to the coastal city of Da Nang marking the first permitted into the nation after months of coronavirus lockdown, state media said on Friday. Two hundred passengers flew from Taipei to Da Nang on Thursday, with travellers requiring a negative Covid-19 test in order to board the aircraft. All arrivals must also pay for a mandatory 14-day period of quarantine. At the time of writing, it remains unclear exactly how many inbound international flights will be permitted and from which countries. Vietnam ceased all international flights at the end of March last year as part of measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 within the country. <br/>