Passengers include children aged under 18, the elderly, pregnant women, those with illness, workers with expired visas and labour contracts, students without accommodations, and those in extremely disadvantaged circumstances.

A total of 230 Vietnamese citizens were flown home from the RoK on August 1.

The Embassy of Vietnam in the RoK sent its staff to assist these people to complete all required procedures before boarding the flight.

Strict security, safety and hygiene measures were enforced by the carrier during the flight to protect the passengers’ health and prevent Covid-19 transmission.

Upon arrival at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport, all passengers and crew members were given health check and quarantined in line with regulations.

Vietnamese authorities and overseas missions plan to arrange more flights to fly more Vietnamese citizens home, depending on their need and quarantine capacity at home.

More stranded Vietnamese citizens flown home from the US

More than 310 Vietnamese citizens were flown home from the US on July 26-27.

More than 240 Vietnamese citizens brought home from Singapore

Vietnam’s authorities, the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore, budget carrier Vietjet Air, and relevant Singaporean offices arranged a flight to bring more than 240 Vietnamese citizens home on Monday.

Over 50 more flights to be arranged to bring Vietnamese citizens home

From now to the end of August 2020, the aviation sector will continue working with diplomatic and military agencies to conduct 50 more flights to bring over 13,000 Vietnamese citizens home, according to head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) Dinh Viet Thang.

DoFA supports to repatriate Bac Giang citizen working in Japan

(BGO) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DoFA) in Bac Giang province on July 14 received the letter from Nguyen Thai Trong in Diem Ren hamlet, Truong Son commune, Luc Nam district requesting the local authority to instruct, support and facilitate to repatriate his relative who is now working under contract in Japan.

350 Vietnamese citizens brought home from Japan

As many as 350 Vietnamese citizens were brought home from Japan on July 15 under the coordination of Vietnam’s representative agencies, the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and the relevant authorities of the two countries.

Source: NDO