Thursday, 12/03/2020 16:43 (GMT+7)
The Vietnamese Government will temporarily suspend visa-free travel policy for citizens of eight European countries from 00h00 on March 12th, due to growing concerns over the spread of Covid-19.
Photo for illustration (Source: baodansinh.vn)
Vietnam has informed the decision to the countries, namely Denmark, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, the UK, Germany, France and Spain. The country will continue its close coordination with the international community in the epidemic prevention and control.
Earlier, Vietnam suspended its visa-free policy for citizens of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Italy.
So far, Vietnam has recorded 39 COVID-19 infected patients, of them 16 were discharged from hospital while the remainder are under treatment./.
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