Tag: vaccine passports
International visitors to Vietnam drop 97.6% y-o-y in H1
Vietnam recorded over 88,200 international visitors in the first half of 2021, plunging 97.6% year on year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said on June 29.
Phu Quoc to pilot Russian visitor receiving programme from August
VOV.VN - The resort island of Phu Quoc in southern Vietnam is initiating plans to pilot receiving Russian visitors as of August in a closed tourism model through a vaccine passport pilot scheme.
Phu Quoc to inoculate entire population in bid to revive tourism
The resort island Phu Quoc in southern Vietnam is planning to fully vaccinate its residents against COVID-19 by September to welcome the year-end foreign tourism surge, as part of a vaccine passport pilot programme.
Vietnam to welcome foreigners with vaccine passport under new pilot scheme
VOV.VN - The north-eastern border province of Quang Ninh has been selected to receive foreigners, providing that they hold a vaccination certificate known as a vaccine passport.
Foreign travelers with vaccine passport could soon return to Vietnam
VOV.VN - Vietnam is considering launching a pilot scheme aimed at welcoming back foreign travelers to leading tourist destinations, providing that they have certified vaccine passports, with the southern island of Phu Quoc set to be the first location to open.
One more airline pilots COVID-19 vaccine passport program
Vietjet Air has piloted the IATA Travel Pass, developed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), making it the second carrier in Vietnam to pilot using COVID-19 vaccine passports, said Dinh Viet Phuong, managing director of the air carrier, on June 10.
Vietnam prioritises safety for people amid COVID-19
The Ministry of Health will join hands with relevant ministries and sectors to study and recommend the Government the suitable time to apply vaccine passports, with safety for locals being the overriding priority, said Deputy Minister Tran Van Thuan.
Health professional discusses reasons behind Vietnam’s late use of “vaccine passports”
Director General of the General Department of Preventive Medicine Dang Quang Tan has mentioned three reasons for Vietnam not yet accepting “vaccine passports”.
US newspaper lauds Vietnam’s drastic approach to COVID-19
The US’s newswire vox.com on April 23 published an article highlighting Vietnam’s effective measures against the COVID-19 pandemic, affirming that early and drastic actions such as border shutdown have helped Vietnam keep virus variants at bay while growing its economy.
Quang Nam offers to host international visitors with ‘vaccine passports’
The central province of Quang Nam has put forward plans to host international tourists with “vaccine passports” and negative coronavirus tests.
