In a move made three months earlier than planned, Vietnam will completely reopen to vacationers starting March 15. Visitors to the country will nonetheless need to quarantine for 24 hours, and test unfavorable for Covid-19 before departure and upon arrival. The Vietnamese government said in a press release that the reopening is a part of its new response to controlling Covid-19, which is “…adapting safely and flexibly and controlling the virus successfully.”
On Tuesday, Vietnam lifted international journey curbs on flights from all markets, with no limits on flight numbers. In the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Vietnam had tight travel restrictions, which at first proved profitable at preventing the virus from spreading additional. But like Thailand, these restrictions hit the tourism economy exhausting. In pre-Covid times, tourism made up about 10% of Vietnam’s GDP in 2019. That year, there have been 18 million tourists. In 2021, that quantity plummeted to 157,000.
Vietnam had a record 31,814 new Covid-19 circumstances on Tuesday. This made the entire of circumstances within the nation 2.54 million. Free has recorded about 39,000 Covid-19 deaths. About 98% of the nation now has two vaccine doses. Vietnam is making strikes to reopen together with a number of different Southeast Asian countries. The Philippines reopened last week, and Malaysia is trying to reopen subsequent month. Cambodia can be already opened. Neither the Philippines nor Cambodia require vacationers to quarantine..