<p>Vietnam will resume international flights to its two biggest cities, officials said Wednesday, reversing a short-lived ban imposed over fears of a new coronavirus wave.</p>.<p>The country's Covid-19 cases have more than doubled in the past month, prompting bars, restaurants and schools to close and a rush to secure vaccines.</p>.<p>As the country struggled to contain a virus outbreak in more than half of its territories, the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam on Monday announced a temporary suspension for international passenger arrivals at Hanoi's Noi Bai airport from June 1-7.</p>.<p>A similar order was in force for the airport in commercial capital Ho Chi Minh City until June 14.</p>.<p>But on Wednesday the aviation authority told airports and airlines that it had reversed the suspension, without mentioning a timeframe or giving an explanation.</p>.<p>Vietnam has managed to keep infection rates low but cases have rapidly increased in the past month and now stand at more than 7,800, with 49 deaths.</p>.<p>The communist state was lauded for its quick response to the pandemic last year, but vaccine rollout has been slow and it has now inoculated a little over a million of its 98 million citizens.</p>.<p>On Wednesday the health ministry said it had agreed a deal with Russia, which will supply Vietnam with 20 million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine.</p>.<p>Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long hailed the agreement as a "positive result in the health ministry's continuous negotiation process to obtain vaccines", according to the health ministry's official mouthpiece.</p>.<p>The minister also said that the state-run Vabiotech would package and produce the Russian vaccines from July, with an expected monthly capacity of five million doses a month.</p>.<p>"This is a very important result so that the Russian side can transfer vaccine production technology to Vietnam in the near future," said Long.</p>.<p>The country was gradually moving towards its target of purchasing 150 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines in 2021, he added -- enough to inoculate 75 percent of the population.</p>.<p>Vietnam has close to two million doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine remaining, and it has agreed a deal to purchase more than 30 million doses of the Pfizer shot.</p>.<p>State media have reported that authorities are also appealing to private companies to procure jabs for their own workers.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH latest videos:</strong></p>
<p>Vietnam will resume international flights to its two biggest cities, officials said Wednesday, reversing a short-lived ban imposed over fears of a new coronavirus wave.</p>.<p>The country's Covid-19 cases have more than doubled in the past month, prompting bars, restaurants and schools to close and a rush to secure vaccines.</p>.<p>As the country struggled to contain a virus outbreak in more than half of its territories, the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam on Monday announced a temporary suspension for international passenger arrivals at Hanoi's Noi Bai airport from June 1-7.</p>.<p>A similar order was in force for the airport in commercial capital Ho Chi Minh City until June 14.</p>.<p>But on Wednesday the aviation authority told airports and airlines that it had reversed the suspension, without mentioning a timeframe or giving an explanation.</p>.<p>Vietnam has managed to keep infection rates low but cases have rapidly increased in the past month and now stand at more than 7,800, with 49 deaths.</p>.<p>The communist state was lauded for its quick response to the pandemic last year, but vaccine rollout has been slow and it has now inoculated a little over a million of its 98 million citizens.</p>.<p>On Wednesday the health ministry said it had agreed a deal with Russia, which will supply Vietnam with 20 million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine.</p>.<p>Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long hailed the agreement as a "positive result in the health ministry's continuous negotiation process to obtain vaccines", according to the health ministry's official mouthpiece.</p>.<p>The minister also said that the state-run Vabiotech would package and produce the Russian vaccines from July, with an expected monthly capacity of five million doses a month.</p>.<p>"This is a very important result so that the Russian side can transfer vaccine production technology to Vietnam in the near future," said Long.</p>.<p>The country was gradually moving towards its target of purchasing 150 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines in 2021, he added -- enough to inoculate 75 percent of the population.</p>.<p>Vietnam has close to two million doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine remaining, and it has agreed a deal to purchase more than 30 million doses of the Pfizer shot.</p>.<p>State media have reported that authorities are also appealing to private companies to procure jabs for their own workers.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH latest videos:</strong></p>