Two ministries looking at potential countries for VTL - Hishammuddin

KUALA LUMPUR: The Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Transport are looking at potential foreign countries to be included in the list of Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) from time to time.

Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said so far the VTL scheme had been implemented between Malaysia and Singapore, while with Thailand and Brunei, it would be implemented soon as was announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

"The Foreign Ministry has been tasked with the list of countries that we are exploring for VTL. There are countries that we are looking (for the VTL scheme),. However, I am not in the position to announce it yet," he said at a virtual press conference after the COVID-19 Quartet Ministerial Meeting today.

Last Feb 26, Ismail Sabri was reported as saying that said the government planned to implement the VTL with Thailand to revive the country's tourism industry and that Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei had also in principle agreed to the proposed implementation of the VTL.