Passenger buses banned from high-risk areas
12 provinces and cities are classified as high-risk areas are: Hanoi, HCM City, Lao Cai, Quang Ninh, Bac Ninh, Ninh Binh, Danang, Quang Nam, Binh Thuan, Khanh Hoa, Tay Ninh and Ha Tinh.
15 provinces are in the medium-risk group include Binh Duong, Can Tho, Dong Nai, Ha Nam, Hai Phong, Kien Giang, Nam Dinh, Nghe An, Thai Nguyen, Thua Thien-Hue, Soc Trang, Lang Son, An Giang, Binh Phuoc and Dong Thap.
The rest are in the low-risk group.
From April 17 to 22, chairman and chairwoman of each province and city will decide the public transportation and freight activities in their area. Regarding the inter-province transportation, inter-provincial passenger transport will be banned from high and medium-risk groups except for special cases such as grocery trucks or shuttle buses for companies' experts.
If the passengers are those who have been released from quarantine areas or with special needs, the department of transport will work with the department of health to consult the provincial authorities.
Passenger buses can still operate between low-risk provinces.
According to the Ministry of Transport, there will be a maximum of six flights a day on Hanoi-HCM City route, two flights on Hanoi-Danang route and two flights on HCM City-Danang route. In order to operate flights for other routes, airlines must submit their plans to the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam for review.
The railway sector can organise two trains to Hanoi and HCM City and two from HCM City to Hanoi a day. Local passenger trains are still suspended.
