Foreign affairs

Vietnam suspended all inbound international commercial flights late March, but the government has been operating repatriation flights to bring home Vietnamese citizens stuck abroad amid the pandemic, and has allowed special flights to carry foreign experts and investors to the country. … [Read more...] about Vietnam mandates 14-day quarantine for all foreign experts, flight crew

Communications work for the upcoming 13th National Party Congress has been prepared thoroughly and specifically, Lê Mạnh Hùng, Vice Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, told Vietnam News Agency. … [Read more...] about Communications work for the upcoming 13th National Party Congress prepared properly

The problems were raised during an online meeting about Covid-19 prevention held by the Ministry of Health on January 20. According to Long, the number of infected cases in the world is still on the rise and Vietnam still is at risk of community infection as more people are returning home from abroad. No more repatriation flights will be held from now until the Tet Holiday. However, illegal border crossings are a problem. The authorities have recently detected up to 500 illegal border crossing cases a day compared to just 100-150 normally. According to Long, all border crossing cases involved a broker or a transportation firm. Social networks like Facebook, Zalo and WeChat are often used to arrange the crossings. He also called for everyone to detect and report illegal border crossers. "We asked for all locality authorities to focus to detect and put an end to those rings. Transportation firms involved in such cases must be strictly punished. Vietnamese people can return home … [Read more...] about Ministry raises warning over rising migration for Tet