At Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)

The decision was made at the request of the Quang Binh People’s Committee in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The suspension will remain valid until further notice.

Earlier this month, the ministry also temporarily suspended flights between Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat airport and the Cat Bi, Van Don and Pleiku airports in Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, and Gia Lai following requests from the three localities.

Vietnam logged 127 new COVID-19 cases, including 126 domestic ones, from 6am to noon on June 24, according to the Ministry of Health.

HCM city, now under social distancing, is among the country’s current largest COVID-19 hotspots. The health ministry announced that cases in the city were infected with the highly contagious Indian B.1617.2 variant, also known as the Delta one./.

Source: VNA

New COVID-19 outbreak puts a halt to more domestic flights

Given COVID-19 developments, the Ministry of Transport (MoT) has approved the suspension of passenger flights to Con Dao Island and those linking Quang Ninh and Gia Lai provinces with Ho Chi Minh City.