On the morning of May 28, the National Steering Committee for the prevention and control of acute respiratory infections caused by a new strain of Corona virus (COVID-19) held a meeting to discuss many important issues, including international flight management. economy and open to international tourists.

At the meeting, members of the Steering Committee discussed the management of people on entry and exit, organization of isolation work for experts, high-tech workers and relatives entering Vietnam to work, live and work. live, study; foreign teachers, international students; bring Vietnamese people back from abroad; crew management, international flight crew; consider opinions on the resumption of international tourism activities;…

The members of the Steering Committee agreed that in the coming time, they should continue to strictly manage people entering the country according to regulations (VGP photo)

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Long, Permanent Deputy Minister of Health shared: We are controlling the epidemic situation in the country very well, but the epidemic situation in the world is still very complicated. In the context that we welcome foreign experts and high-tech workers to work; bringing Vietnamese people back home from epidemic-affected countries and territories, leading to a great risk of the disease entering the country.

Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Long expressed concern: "Just letting one case enter the country without timely detection will lead to an outbreak of the disease in the community. Therefore, in the coming time, it is necessary to continue to strictly manage people on entry according to regulations” i.

Representatives of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security shared this view and proposed to continue to implement measures to strictly control people on entry; organize the isolation of all people entering Vietnam according to regulations. The comments suggested assigning the Ministry of National Defense to organize the reception and management of isolation for international students entering Vietnam to study.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Dac Phu, former Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine, said that ministries, sectors and localities must strictly implement the principle of epidemic prevention and control (close the outside, loosen the inside) to organize the implementation. isolating international flight crew members, experts, and international students entering Vietnam in accordance with regulations, because the risk of infiltration is very high.

The Steering Committee agreed to require localities to continue to closely manage international pilots and crew members; in particular, must strictly manage hotels as well as those who work at hotels used to organize international crew isolation in accordance with the law on disease prevention and control. The Steering Committee assigned the Ministry of Health to send quick response teams to immediately check the hotels being used to organize the isolation of international flight crews and crews; strictly handle violations (if any)…

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy: There are very optimistic signals for domestic tourism (photo VGP)

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy said: Recently, we have restarted domestic tourism. Travel businesses, hotels, etc. have provided many attractive promotions and products for domestic tourists. Thereby, domestic tourism has grown relatively well, even some hotels have reached 100% capacity. These are very optimistic signals for domestic tourism.

Regarding the idea of ​​restarting international tourism activities after the COVID-19 pandemic, the Steering Committee members agreed that they have not yet opened the door to welcome international tourists into Vietnam; The time to reopen tourism has not been discussed.

The members of the Steering Committee also agreed that international tourism should only be restarted when all conditions are met, and only consider welcoming guests from countries that have controlled the epidemic and initially Only a pilot program should be organized to welcome tourists to a number of islands, in parallel with that, there must be measures to ensure epidemiological safety for local people and domestic tourists.

Regarding the proposal of the People's Committee of Kien Giang province to allow foreign tourists to visit Phu Quoc island. The Steering Committee assigned the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to discuss and discuss in detail and reach agreement with Kien Giang province on the time and route of opening and measures to ensure epidemiological safety, and report back to the Board of Directors. Directed review.

According to the Portal of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism