Vietnam government withdraws flight ban to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau

The Vietnamese government announced it would halt all flights to and from China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan on February 1 as part of measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. However, the country’s civil aviation authority lifted the ban on flights to Taiwan and then extended this to the two Special Autonomous Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, while maintaining its X on flights to China. A number of airlines have suspended flights China as governments have advised against travel to the region in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus, which was declared a global