HANOI, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Sunday agreed to suspend all inbound flights to the country in the next two weeks in an effort to better control the COVID-19 outbreak, Vietnam News Agency reported.

Vietnam will also reduce domestic flights starting from Monday until April 15, only allowing each Vietnamese carrier to operate flight routes between the capital city of Hanoi and the southern Ho Chi Minh City as well as those between these two cities and Da Nang, Phu Quoc with a frequency of one flight per day for each route, the news agency reported Sunday.

Vietnam has confirmed a total of 188 COVID-19 cases as of Sunday evening, according to the country's Ministry of Health.