No. 4995/BYT-DP dated September 20, 2020 of the Ministry of Health regarding the Interim guidance on medical surveillance of people entering Vietnam

To:

- Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and government-attached agencies;

- People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities.

In the implementation of the Prime Minister’s direction on permitting foreigners to enter Vietnam to work, the Ministry of Health promulgated the “Interim guidance on medical surveillance of people entering Vietnam” (attached to this Official Dispatch).

The Ministry of Health hereby requests ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and government-attached agencies and People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to implement the following contents:

1. To organize contents prescribed in the Interim guidance on medical surveillance of people entering Vietnam, ensuring safety, prevention, and control of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2. To organize the inspection, supervision, and evaluation of the implementation of COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control while people on entry stay in Vietnam.

3. To report the implementation result to the Ministry of Health (the General Department of Preventive Medicine).

For further information, please contact the General Department of Preventive Medicine - the Ministry of Health (135, Nui Truc Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi).

Sincerely./.

For the Minister

The Deputy Minister

Tran Van Thuan

INTERIM GUIDANCE

On medical surveillance of people entering Vietnam

(Attached to the Ministry of Health’s Official Dispatch No. 4995/BYT-DP dated September 20, 2020)

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              I. OBJECTIVES

To organize the medical surveillance and test for people on entry in the new situation, pursuing the dual goal of containing the pandemic and developing the economy.

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