Japan will ease immigration restrictions following the spread of the coronavirus, and 440 businesspeople and others will leave Japan for Vietnam from June 25 to 27, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi announced at a press conference on Tuesday. It will be the first allowed trip to Vietnam since the government has decided to gradually ease restrictions and reached an agreement with the Vietnamese government.
One flight per day from Narita Airport to Van Don International Airport will be undertaken by a private chartered plane for Japanese employees and business travelers. As part of regulation easing, the government believed if they submitted to the recipient country an "activity plan" that clearly indicated the destination, it would be able to carry out activities at the sites it had reported. This time, however, passengers will have to stay in hotels for 14 days upon entering Vietnam.
The government is also speeding up coordination to ease restrictions on entry into Japan from Vietnam. The government plans to exempt those on business trips from having to stay at home for 14 days if they return to Japan. They will be able to carry out activities immediately at the sites reported in an "activity plan."
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