Do I Need to Self-Isolate After Tet When Returning to the City? How Do I Report My Health Status?

As the time for people to return to the city draws near, complex developments in the pandemic mean that residents will have to follow certain regulations to ensure their safety and that of their loved ones. In this article, we will explore everything that citizens need to do when returning to the city after the Tet holiday.

For further reference:

1 Do people returning to the city from affected areas need to be quarantined?

At a press conference on January 17, 2022, Mr. Nguyen Hong Tam, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control, affirmed that those returning to the city from Tet celebrations would not have to be quarantined for Covid-19 prevention, but must adhere to the 5K message, health declarations, and safe disease prevention measures.

No quarantine required for those returning to the city

2 How to make an online health declaration

Step 1 Download the PC Covid online health declaration app on your phone.

For Android: Here.
For iOS: Here.

Step 2 After installing PC-Covid, click on “Continue”, enter your phone number, and enter the verification code.

Step 2: Enter phone number and verification code

Step 3 Choose “Health Declaration” on the home screen, and enter your personal information and other details as per the form.

Step 3: Enter information

Step 4 Enter your contact address and answer the health declaration questions.

Step 5 Choose “Submit Declaration”.

3 Traveling from the countryside to the city

Is it advisable to travel by motorbike from the countryside to the city?

According to the leaders of several traffic police teams of the Road and Railway Traffic Police Department (PC08, Ho Chi Minh City Police) at checkpoints at the city’s gateways, since October 18, 2021, traffic police have stopped checking for negative Covid-19 test results for those returning to Ho Chi Minh City.

No more checks for negative Covid-19 test results

When passing through checkpoints, citizens only need to present proof of having received 2 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine or 1 dose at least 14 days prior, or a certificate of recovery from Covid-19 within the last 180 days. In addition, citizens must make a health declaration on the VNEID app.

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Guide to buying plane tickets

Step 1  Go to the website: Traveloka.com (Or you can choose from Abay, Ivivu, Vietjet, Vietnam Airlines, Momo, etc. according to your preference) Rest assured that the booking process is similar for all these websites.

Step 2 Enter the departure and arrival points, number of passengers, date of travel, and class, then click on “Find Flights”.

Step 2: Find flights

Step 3 Choose your preferred airline and click “Select”.

Step 3: Choose your airline

Step 4 After checking the information, click on “Continue”.

Step 4: Check information

Step 5 Enter your contact information and passenger details, then click “Continue”.

Step 5: Enter contact and passenger information

Step 6 If you have luggage, select “In-flight amenities” and choose the number of kilograms, then click “Finish”.

Step 6: Choose luggage weight

Step 7 Proceed to payment and wait for the e-ticket. (Be sure to save a picture of the online ticket for easy checking by staff.) Congratulations, you have successfully booked your flight!

You can also refer to the websites of the respective airlines.

Step 7: Proceed to payment

Regulations for epidemic prevention at the airport and during air travel

Regulations for epidemic prevention at the airport and during air travel

At the airport:

• Passengers must complete an electronic health declaration (select “Domestic Travel Declaration”) on the PC-COVID app. If passengers have not made a declaration, the airline is responsible for providing staff and equipment to assist and guide passengers in installing and declaring on the PC-COVID app.
• Passengers are legally responsible for the truthfulness of the information declared.
• Passengers showing symptoms such as cough, fever, difficulty breathing, muscle pain, sore throat, loss of taste… will not be allowed to board the flight.

During the flight: Passengers must always wear masks, use hand sanitizer, and minimize contact.

Booking train tickets online

Many people wonder how to buy Tet train tickets. Follow the steps below to book your train tickets online!

First, you need to download the “Ve Tau” (Train Tickets) app on your phone:

For Android: Here.
For iOS: Here.

Step 1 Open the train ticket booking app and enter the “departure station – arrival station” and choose the type of ticket: one-way or round-trip.

Step 1: Choose departure and arrival stations

Step 2 Choose the date of departure and return, then click “Find Train”.

Step 2: Find train

Step 3 Choose your preferred route.

Step 3: Choose route

Step 4 Next, choose the “compartment and seat” and click “Continue”.

Step 4: Choose compartment and seat

Step 5 The system will then ask for passenger information. Click “Confirm”.

Step 5: Enter passenger information

Step 6 Continue to fill in the information of the person booking the ticket and click “Update”.

Step 6: Enter booker’s information

Step 7 Choose a suitable payment method and click “Confirm”.

Step 7: Choose payment method

Step 8 Tick the box to accept the terms and conditions and click “Continue”.

Step 8: Accept terms and conditions

Step 9 Check the train ticket booking information. Congratulations, you have completed the process of booking train tickets by phone!

Step 9: Check information