Passengers wait to handle boarding procedures at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)

Deputy Prime Minister Dam, Deputy Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, made the request at a meeting in Hanoi on Wednesday with the Ministry of Health and other related ministries and sectors on Overseas Vietnamese and foreigners entering Vietnam.

Mr. Dam said that apart from receiving foreign experts, engineers, skilled workers, and tourists, ministries and sectors should pay special attention to the needs of Vietnamese citizens who have gone abroad for work, study, and visit of relatives or have been stranded abroad due to the pandemic, as well as Vietnamese who have settled down abroad and their relatives who are entitled to enjoy the same treatment as Vietnamese according to regulations. 

The Deputy PM requested that by December 15 at the latest, the Ministry of Health issue new guideline on quarantine and health monitoring for people entering Vietnam.