The Ministry of Transport has decided to allow Van Don International Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh reopen from 6:01am on March 3 after the COVID-19 pandemic has been put under control in the locality and the airport is safe to transport passengers.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Transport has decided to allow Van DonInternational Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh reopen from 6:01am onMarch 3 after the COVID-19 pandemic has been put under control in the locality and theairport is safe to transport passengers.
The airport was temporarily shut down from January 29 after anairport security staff was confirmed positive for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causesthe COVID-19 pandemic.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced earlierthat it will resume flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Quang Ninh on March 3,thus becoming the first to restart flights to the Van Don airport since thelocal COVID-19 outbreak began.
From March 3 to 17, one weekly flight will ply the routebetween the two destinations, on Wednesdays. Flight numbers will be increasedto three a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, from March 18 until theend of the year.
Flights will take off at 1:00pm from HCM City and 3:45pm fromVan Don.
Passengers on the first three flights after resumption willenjoy a discounted fair of 507,000 VND (22 USD), including taxes and fees, per leg./.
The northern province of Quang Ninh announced on February 8 that it managed to control the COVID-19 pandemic just in one week after it detected the first locally-transmitted infection on January 27, according to the provincial steering board for COVID-19 prevention and control.
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Vietnam Airlines announced on February 26 that it will resume flights between Ho Chi Minh City and the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Van Don Airport, which had been hit by COVID-19, on March 3 as the province has brought the pandemic under control and the airport is now safe to cater to passengers.
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The Van Don International Airport (Source: VNA) 
