VOV.VN - Competent agencies in the United States have granted licenses to national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines to conduct 12 repatriation flights this year in order to bring home Vietnamese citizens currently in the US.

Given COVID-19 developments, the Ministry of Transport (MoT) has approved the suspension of passenger flights to Con Dao Island and those linking Quang Ninh and Gia Lai provinces with Ho Chi Minh City.

The Ministry of Transport, on June 3, issued a document on suspending flights between the northern port city of Hai Phong and Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will work in co-ordination with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to launch a pilot scheme for the digital health app IATA Travel Pass, with the project set to get underway on June 1.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has requested that all measures be enhanced to ensure flight safety following recent cases of lasers being pointed at cockpits and objects like flycams, drones, and kites being flown near airports.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed 16 more coronavirus infections in five localities on the evening of May 10, raising the total number of locally transmitted infections during the day to 125.

Bamboo Airways is finalising preparations to operate regular direct flights from Ho Chi Minh City to San Francisco and Los Angeles of the US, starting September 1, 2021.

VOV.VN - As a means of assisting Vietnamese enterprises to boost exports to the Saudi Arabian market amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Vietnamese Embassy in Saudi Arabia has launched a range of incentivizes for local businesses to send samples and trial goods through the embassy.

VOV.VN - Two flights bringing home up to 349 Vietnamese citizens from Malaysia safely landed at Can Tho International Airport on May 6.

VOV.VN - A number of localities in Vietnam have recorded new coronavirus infections and are now awaiting confirmation from the Ministry of Health.