Back to Covid-19: Many Vietnam Golf Courses Closed Again

According to the report from the Ministry of Health, Vietnam has confirmed 933 locally-infected cases of covid-19 and 26,000 cases of quarantine in total until February 2. Among the infected cases, patient 1703 and patient 1704 in Hoa Binh went to Chi Linh Golf Course (Hai Duong province) for party. In addition, they went to many restaurants and other crowded places in Hai Duong.

Facing the current developments, many golf courses in the hotbed of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh had to temporarily close to ensure safety for customers and the staff. In particular, Chi Linh Golf Course and FLC Halong Bay Golf Club announced to close. In addition, three other golf courses in Hai Duong, including BRG Ruby Tree Golf Resort, Vinpearl Golf Hai Phong, Sono Belle Golf Hai Phong, also announced to suspend the provision of services. 

In addition, many scheduled tournaments had to be postponed to ensure the health of the participants. Tournaments like VGA Junior Tour 2021 - VGS Cup North Serie and Taylormade Invitation Tournament 2021 at Sky Lake Resort & Golf Club have been forced to reschedule. The G20 club decided to move the date for the biggest tournament at Long Bien golf course to February 19.

Despite the location not in the pandemic-hit areas, many golf courses across the country have heightened vigilance, increase preventive measures to ensure the health of customers and the staff; at the same time, closely cooperating with local authorities in completing health declaration. 

In the current epidemic situation, these actions are reasonable to fight against the community spread of coronavirus. 

The list of golf courses under temporary closure:

1. Chi Linh Golf Club

2. BRG Ruby Tree Golf Resort 

3. Vinpearl Golf Hai Phong

4. Sono Belle Golf Hai Phong

5. FLC Halong Bay Golf Club

6. Van Tri Golf Club

*vietnamgolfmagazine.net