Australia, China, Japan, India, Vietnam… are among the draft list of countries permitted to enter the EU on July 1 when the block's international borders are scheduled to be opened.

A plane full of Japanese business travellers has landed in Vietnam for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic prompted each country to issue travel bans, reported Japan's public broadcaster NHK.

Japan is considering re-opening its borders to entrepreneurs from Australia and Vietnam, which have low levels of COVID-19 infections, as the nation begins to ease restrictions to control the outbreaks, according to Australian Associated Press (AAP).