As of August 13, 2021, Vietnam’s Ministry of Health confirmed a total of 246,568 cases of COVID-19. However, 89,145 of the affected patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals. Vietnam has also recorded 4,813 deaths due to the pandemic. The latest community transmission cases have been reported from Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Dong Thap, Can Tho, and Da Nang among others.
Transport authorities rejected the proposal of suspending all flights between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City but have reduced the frequency to just one flight on the route per day. However, regular commercial flights between provinces and cities applying social distancing measures were suspended from August 8.
