Is it safe to travel in Vietnam?

During the recent weeks, the outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been catching concerns of people all over the world due to its high level of danger and quick spreading. Therefore, travelers worldwides are cautious when travelling in this time, especially when travelling to China, Japan, Korea or their neighboring countries. How about Vietnam? Is it safe to travel in Vietnam?

1. How is the situation of Coronavirus disease in Vietnam?

Being a neigbouring country of China with a long border line, Vietnam is one of the countries which is affected by Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to the statistics of the Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC), by March 04th 2020, Vietnam had sixteen (16) coronavirus-positive cases including two Chinese, 13 Vietnamese and 1 American. The 16th case was identified on Feburary 13th and from that day, there has been no any new case. Besides, the number of suspected cases which are monitored and isolated is 92. Up to now, all 16 people have recovered and as released from the hospital after being tested negative from the COVID-19. This temporarily made Vietnam cleared from COVID-19 outbreak.

In the working session of the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam with the representative of World Health Organization (WHO) and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the representative of WHO has highly praised Vietnam’s capacity in dealing with public health emergencies, including the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The latest information from the WHO in Vietnam’s note “COVID-19: Here is what we know so far” acknowledged that Vietnam has so far been managing the COVID-19 outbreak “very well”. WHO also said: “We call this country preparedness, and such preparedness has been tried and tested by real-time events in Viet Nam, and now by COVID-19”. Meanwhile, Mr. Mathew Moore from CDC, hailed the Vietnamese Government’s quick, firm and effective actions against COVID-19. In addition, The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on February 27 also decided to remove Vietnam from the list of destinations vulnerable to community transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

With a quick response at the early stage of the outbreak, Vietnam has successfully retained a mortality rate of 0%. You can see a snapshot of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam as of May 11, 2020, 6:00 a.m. (UTC+7)

From the above statements, it can be said that that, the prevention and treatment of Vietnam in the disease are effective.

2. Is it safe to travel in Vietnam?

In this period of outbreaking Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the damages in tourism is inevitable. Therefore, in order to attract visitors and improve the situation, the services related to tourism like air ticket, hotel offers many incentives. In addition, there are also many promotion programs or vacation vouchers. Visiting Vietnam during this time can be seen a recommendable  option for those people whose budge for travelling is modest.  Furthermore, for those people who prefer to visit beautiful places which are not too crowded, travelling to Vietnam during this time can be seen as an ideal option.

3. Notices when travelling in Vietnam

Certainly, when travelling to Vietnam or any other countries during this global epedimic speading time, visitors still need to be careful and should take notices on how to protect your health. To get this done, each visitor should do following protective measures advised by WHO:

-       Avoid travel if you have a fever and cough.

-       If you have a fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical care early and share previous travel history with your health care provider.

-       Avoid close contact with people suffering from a fever and cough.

-       Frequently clean hands by using alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water.

-       Avoid touching eyes, nose, and mouth.

-       If you get sick while travelling, inform crewd and seek medical care early

-       Eat only well-cooked food

-       Avoid spitting in public

-       Avoid close contact and travel with sick animals

4. What should you do to travel to Vietnam?

In order to have a smooth and joyful trip in Vietnam, each visitors should have a clear travel plan for yourself. To do this, you should detemine how long you will stay in Vietnam, which cities you will come, which destinations will you visit. Basing on these features, you can book ticket, hotel and apply for a visa type which are sutable for your travel plan.

• Steps to apply for Vietnam visa

Foreign visitors presently can obtain Vietnam visa on arrival quickly with a few simple online steps:

-       Submit a visa application online with full and exact information as shown on your passport at https://evietnamvisa.com/apply.html

-       Pay visa approval fee. For tourist visa, the approval fee will be USD 9/ person for 1 month single entry, USD 22/ person for 1 month multiple entries, USD 28/ person for 3 month single entry or USD 35/ person for 3 month multiple entries.

-       Receive Vietnam visa approval letter after 2 business days at maximum

-       Get on the plane to Vietnam and stamp visa upon arrival at Vietnam international airports.

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