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New guidance on rapid COVID-19 testing for air passengers to Vietnam

Air passengers from Omicron-hit countries and territories will continue to undergo rapid COVID-19 testing when entering Vietnam, and they will pay the fee via ticket prices or directly to test organisers at international airports.
New guidance on rapid COVID-19 testing for air passengers to Vietnam ảnh 1Passengers have nasal swabs taken for COVID-19 testing at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Airpassengers from Omicron-hit countries and territories will continue to undergo rapid COVID-19 testingwhen entering Vietnam, and they will pay the fee via ticket prices or directlyto test organisers at international airports.

In the latest guidance sentto relevant parties, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) said tofacilitate air passengers’ entry into Vietnam and avoid congestion atinternational terminals, rapid testing will continue to be applied to allpassengers coming from or transiting countries and territories which have detected Omicron, a new SARS-COV-2 variant, when they arrive in Vietnam via international airports asdemanded by the Prime Minister.

It asked Vietnamese airlinesto continue including test fees in ticket prices, and they will later pay thefee to test organisers at international airports in the country.

Meanwhile, foreign carriers caneither do the same or inform their passengers of the rapid testing so thatpassengers can directly pay the fee by themselves.

In particular, the CAAV saidthe rapid test fee must not be higher than the fee publicised by the Ministry ofHealth./.
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