EconomyVietnam receives flight from Seoul amid hopes for business rebound
Regular commercial route resumes, with Japan, China and Taiwan to follow
Vietnam Airlines pilots disembark from a flight from Taiwan at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi in March, 2020. © EPA/Jiji
LIEN HOANG, Nikkei staff writer
September 25, 2020 22:40 JST
HO CHI MINH CITY -- A Vietnam Airlines flight from Seoul touched down in Hanoi on Friday, with businesses hoping it would be the start of a wave of commercial flights bringing back trade, and eventually tourism, to the pandemic-hit Southeast Asian economy.