Since September, all people entering Vietnam have been charged quarantine and isolation fees? What’s the cost of isolation?

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Covid-19: from September 1, 2020, quarantine and isolation fees will be charged to all people entering Vietnam.

The prime minister appointed Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh to preside over the ministries: Foreign Affairs, public security, national defense, health, transportation, etc. to deal with the following issues: coordinating Airport Flights to welcome

Vietnamese citizens back to their country, and facilitating the entry of foreign experts, investors, and skilled workers. Each flight must have a special safety plan, including an isolation plan suitable for each entry personnel.

Review and simplify administrative procedures, ensure convenience and rigor, reduce unnecessary intermediaries, minimize processing time (including flight-related documents and paper) disease status certificates The Ministry of health immediately issued instructions on the process and procedure of medical examination and monitoring to promote and ensure the safety and prevention of epidemics when entering and staying in Vietnam for a short period (less than 14 days).

Since September, all people entering Vietnam have been charged quarantine and isolation fees? What’s the cost of isolation?

The Ministry of transport will assume primary responsibility for and coordinate with the Ministry of foreign affairs, health, labor, and social affairs to deal immediately with the reopening of commercial routes between Vietnam and Japan, South Korea, and high safety countries. First, direct flights to bring Vietnamese workers to work in Japan and South Korea.

The prime minister asked the districts to arrange isolation facilities to meet the demands of immigrants, both foreigners and Vietnamese. Agree on Isolation (charge) in accommodation. The Ministry of public security and local authorities, especially the health sector, have been assigned to closely monitor the isolation of accommodation to ensure epidemic prevention requirements.

The prime minister assigned the Ministry of finance to assume the main responsibility for health affairs and coordinated with the Ministry of health, and urgently instructed the implementation of the work: from September 1, 2020, all the people entering Vietnam will be charged with all quarantine and isolation fees.

What’s the cost of isolation?

According to the fee table published on the website of the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia, the isolation fee for students traveling on a flight to Guangning, Vietnam (at a four-star hotel in Ha Long Bay) is 22.5-87.7 million Vietnamese Dong (equivalent 1000-4000 US dollars) for 14 days of isolation. In particular, the highest charge for high-end hotel rooms (including bedrooms and offices) is accompanied by three meals a day, transportation, service, taxes, free internet access, mouthwash, tea, and coffee. In other words, people who are isolated in Vietnam and want to be offered high-level services can consider the above fees and choose the one that suits them.