Vietnam suspends flights to and from Danang due to virus outbreak by nghaphuonggg TrongKhanhVu
Tourists wear protective masks as they wait to check-in for departure at Da Nang Airport, Vietnam July 26, 2020. Tran Le Lam/VNA via REUTERS.
With over 95 million people, Vietnam is the most populous country in the world to have recorded no COVID-19 fatalities. Thanks to strict quarantine measures and an aggressive and widespread testing programme, Vietnam has kept its virus total to an impressively low 431 cases.Vietnam is still closed to foreign tourism, but there had been a surge in domestic travellers looking to take advantage of discounted flights and holiday packages to local resorts.
“All evacuation flights now are cancelled,” CAAV deputy director Vo Huy Cuong told Reuters by phone on Tuesday.
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