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The Saigon Times reports that Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has given the green light for karaoke parlors and nightclubs across the country to re-open. They had been the only lines of business to still be closed as part of Vietnam's battle against the coronavirus pandemic.
The prime minister also tasked the Ministry of Public Security with keeping a particularly close eye on these establishments once they resume operations, especially when it comes to combating drug use.
VnExpress adds that the decision came on Vietnam's 54th day without any detected community transmission of the virus, while also noting that specific re-opening dates will have to be decided on a provincial or city level.
Additionally, Phuc asked the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control to create a list of safe countries, meaning those that have not recorded any new cases in at least 30 days, as the country to looks allow certain international flight routes to resume.
Foreign citizens, with some special exceptions, have been barred from entering Vietnam since March 22.
Reporting from Reuters further explains that Guangzhou, Tokyo, Seoul, Taiwan, Laos and Cambodia are considered priority routes, though no specific timeline for the resumption of flights has been announced.
It also remains unclear what sort of quarantine regulations will be implemented once any visitors are allowed back in.
