All passenger entering Vietnam will be put in quarantine for 14 days. The measure, part of efforts to curb Covid-19, is effective from March 21, 2020. (Photo: VNA)

The ministry has sent an urgent notice to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAA), asking it to instruct airlines to notify their customers.

Those who come to Vietnam for diplomatic and official purposes will be quarantined at diplomatic agencies or accommodation establishments under the monitoring of authorities and medical agencies.

Airport authorities will coordinate with agencies to disperse passengers at quarantine areas at terminals in order to avoid congestion, the notice said, adding each passenger should not be kept there for more than 90 minutes.