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Health

Vietnam to end COVID curbs on international flights from Feb 15

FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing protective face masks check-in at Noi Bai International Airport, as the Vietnamese government has allowed reopening several domestic air routes amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Hanoi, Vietnam, October 10, 2021. Picture taken October 10, 2021. REUTERS/Nguyen Thinh Tien

Vietnam will remove its COVID-19 restrictions on international passenger flights with all markets starting Feb. 15, with no limitation on the number of flights, the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper reported on Sunday.

The Southeast Asian country imposed tight border controls at the start of the pandemic to keep out COVID-19, with some initial success, but that dealt a blow to its burgeoning tourism sector which accounted for about 10% of gross domestic product.

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