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- 27 September 2021
Take the first flight to apply ‘vaccine passport’
Flight VN5311 carrying 297 Vietnamese citizens from Japan, having had two doses of Covid-19 vaccine, landed safely at Van Don airport at 13:30 on September 4.
Flight VN5311 carrying 297 Vietnamese citizens from Japan. This is the first flight to pilot the 7-day medical isolation program of the Ministry of Health.

All passengers on the flight need to meet two conditions and receive a total dose of the Covid-19 vaccine (the last amount is given within at least 14 days and not more than 12 months by the time of entry).
From February 2020 to September 4, 2021, Van Don Airport welcomed 228 flights, with 45,872 passengers returning home from epidemic areas worldwide and foreign experts coming to Vietnam to work.
At the same time, must have a negative test result for SARS-CoV-2 (by RT-PCR/RT-LAMP method) within 72 hours before departure and be certified by the competent authority of the host country.
After entering Van Don, passengers return to Novotel Ha Long hotel to undergo a 7-day complete medical isolation.
Mr. Pham Ngoc Sau, Director of Van Don International Airport, said that the immigration process still complies with the safe epidemic prevention standards applied by the airport for a long time.
Passengers wear masks, keep a safe distance, have their temperature checked, make mandatory medical declarations and go through immigration and customs procedures in a separate area. Hand luggage and checked baggage are disinfected with specialized chemicals.
It is known that after the first pilot flights. The Government và Quang Ninh province will evaluate and learn from experience before broad deployment. It is expected that on September 12, Van Don airport will welcome the next flight to bring citizens back from the United States.
From February 2020 to September 4, 2021, Van Don Airport welcomed 228 flights, with 45,872 passengers returning home from epidemic areas worldwide and foreign experts coming to Vietnam to work.
(Source: congluan)