Largest airport in Vietnam falls quiet as services remain in limbo

Tan Son Nhat International Airport plans to run a total of 132 round-trip flights per day between Ho Chi Minh City and 18 cities and provinces throughout the country.

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With commercial flights yet to reopen the airport is still quiet, as it was during the social distancing period.

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No one can be seen at the check-in counters.

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The entire airport has only a few employees and some cleaners working at the entrance’s security areas, and check-in counters.

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Workers tidy up some souvenir shops and food outlets as they prepare to resume operations at the site.

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Healthcare workers and soldiers queue in front of a check-in counter before departing for southern localities as part of the country’s ongoing COVID-19 fight.

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Although HCM City’s authorities agree to reopen domestic flights following a proposal by the Civil Aviation Authority Of Vietnam (CAAV), many localities are not ready to receive passengers from the city – the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam now moving into the new normal.