Tourists take cyclo rides around Hoi An under a vaccine passport program, November 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Duy Hau

 

The tourism ministry has eased restrictions for tourists arriving in Vietnam under an ongoing vaccine passport trial program before full tourism reopening in mid-March.

 

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued new guidelines Thursday in welcoming back foreign arrivals, effective from now until March 15, which allowed foreign tourists and overseas Vietnamese to arrive in Vietnam on regular commercial flights, instead of only charter flights.

 

After three days of joining a tour package that they have to register beforehand, if the tourists show a negative PCR test result, they are free to visit other localities that have also been approved to welcome back foreign tourists under the vaccine passport program.

 

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Yawn . . . I hope the "relaxed" restrictions are a lot better by the time March 15 rolls around.