National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will resume regular flights to Australia from January 15 following approval from authorities.

VOV.VN - Major tourist destinations in the south-central province of Binh Dinh are ready to welcome back foreign visitors after a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a local conference heard on January 13.

Vietnam will discontinue automatic stay extension for foreign nationals in the country starting January 15, as it tentatively reopens its borders, according to a notice from the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security.

Seven countries and territories - the US, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan (China) and the Republic of Korea (RoK) - have basically agreed with Vietnam's proposal on a plan to resume regular international routes, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

VOV.VN - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has made a proposal aimed at limiting combo flights to reduce congestion occurring at COVID-19 testing areas at both Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat International Airports.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will transport branches of peach blossoms and ochna flower as check-in baggage on its domestic flights from January 17 to February 15 (the 15th day of the new lunar year).

The first regular flight between the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Vietnam, which was operated by Vietnam Airlines after two years of hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, landed safely at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi at 12:43pm on January 6.

As many as 1,753 passengers from abroad came to Vietnam on 17 flights between January 1 and 3, the first three days after the resumption of regular international flights.

VOV.VN - Airlines have been licensed to operate regular international commercial flights between Vietnam and eight out of nine countries and territories in the first phase of the Government-approved pilot scheme.

Vietnamese expats living in Europe hope authorities from both sides to work together so as to soon resume international flights, allowing them to visit family back home, according to Hoang Dinh Thang, Chairman of the Union of Vietnamese People Associations in Europe.