The first international tourists touched down in Vietnam almost 20 months after the Southeast Asian nation closed its borders to contain the coronavirus.
Two charter flights brought more than 400 fully vaccinated South Korean and Japanese passengers from Seoul and Tokyo to the southern resort city of Nha Trang, state media reported.
The area is popular with golfers, beach lovers and scuba divers, and boasts luxury hotels. The flights came ahead of Vietnam's plans to reopen the resort island of Phu Quoc to vaccinated foreign visitors on 20 November, with hopes to welcome at least 5,000 travellers in coming months.
Foreign tourists seeking to enter Vietnam must show Covid-19 vaccination certificates and negative pre-departure coronavirus test