Arrivals with negative COVID-19 test results would only need to self-quarantine at home or their places of accommodation for three days when they enter Vietnam. Vietnam has reduced quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated international arrivals from January 1, 2022.Hanoi authorities suspended non-essential activities including in-person dining in Hai Ba Trung District, five wards of Hoan Kiem District, and two wards of Tay Ho District on December 19 due to the high risk of COVID-19 infections.Further details are likely to be provided by the MoH. Travelers entering Vietnam for business purposes for less than 14 days will be exempt from quarantine requirements as per the Ministry of Health, however, they must comply with pandemic prevent measures including staying at separate accommodations.Only passengers from very high-risk localities or locked-down areas would have to provide test results within 72 hours. The transport ministry has stated that passengers from Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho do not need to provide negative COVID-19 tests before boarding.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities have also been following the same requirement since December 14.

Hanoi authorities mandated that anyone arriving from countries that have detected the Omicron variant of the virus will have to quarantine regardless of their vaccination status.

Vietnam reported its first known case of the Omicron variant from a traveler arriving from the UK on December 19 at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport.

Thus from January 1, 2022, travelers that are fully vaccinated and test negative for COVID-19 can self-quarantine at their place of accommodation for three days.

Hanoi authorities scrapped the centralized quarantine rule for travelers coming from countries that have detected the Omicron variant as per the transport ministry.

The latest community transmission cases have been reported from Hanoi, Hai Phong, Vinh Long, Tay Ninh, and Binh Phuoc among others. Vietnam has also recorded 32,831 deaths due to the pandemic. However, 1,372,696 of the affected patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals.

As of January 3, 2022, Vietnam’s Ministry of Health confirmed a total of 1,763,040 cases of COVID-19.

This article will be updated as further developments in Vietnam become available.

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