On March 1-3, Van Don Airport served 10 flights, transporting 1,932 passengers from South Korea, including 1,788 Vietnamese and 144 foreigners who are from Japan, Russia and Canada.
Passengers at Van Don International Airport
The flights were conducted by national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and budget carrier VietJet Air.
After being given with temperature checks and sterilisation, the Vietnamese passengers were directly transported to quarantine areas in northern provinces such as Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, Nam Dinh and Hoa Binh, while 144 foreigners were taken to a hotel in Halong City in Quang Ninh to be monitored.
Van Don International Airport provided free masks for passengers.
The airport has arranged a separate landing area for flights from South Korea.
The flight crew and ground service staff have to wear safety clothes for the virus prevention.
On these flights, passengers are not served meals, magazines and blanket to minimise their exposure to inflight objects.
Nguyen Trong Dien, director of Quang Ninh Province's Department of Health, said that local authorities have prepared different scenarios to welcome flights from South Korea such as what should be done when passengers have a fever or they do not co-operate with the quarantine plan.