Vietnam to wave quarantine for S. Korea business travellers


A Vietnamese couple posing for a photograph during a wedding photo session on a street in the old quarters of Hanoi. Thanks to a targeted testing system and a strict, centralised quarantine programme, Vietnam has kept its virus tally to a low 1,361 cases and 35 deaths, allowing it to resume economic activities earlier than much of the rest of Asia. - AFP

SEOUL, Dec 5 (Reuters): Vietnam has agreed to allow some South Korean business people to travel between the two countries without having to complete mandatory 14-day anti-coronavirus quarantine, Seoul has announced.

The agreement will go into effect on Jan. 1 and will allow visitors on short-term business trips to avoid the quarantines, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

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