The returnees, including children, students under 18, the elderly and unemployed workers, came on Vietnam Airlines flight VN88. They have been quarantined at the dormitory of Bac Lieu University in the eponymous province by local military authorities.

Vietnamese citizens returning from UAE land at the Can Tho Airport, May 3, 2020.

The province has prepared facilities to place up to 2,100 people under quarantine.

As of Sunday morning, the UAE had confirmed 13,599 Covid-19 cases with 119 deaths.

Vietnam marked its 9th consecutive day with no new Covid-19 infection and 17th day with no community transmission on Sunday morning.

As the pressure on isolation facilities in Vietnam eases, the government is planning to repatriate Vietnamese abroad who want to return home. The country has brought home nearly 5,300 citizens from pandemic-hit areas since early February.

The Can Tho Airport had also welcomed 320 Vietnamese returning from Singapore and Indonesia, who were placed under quarantined upon arrival on April 24 and 26.

On Friday, 276 Vietnamese citizens from Canada landed at the Van Don Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh Province before being taken to local quarantine centers.

A flight repatriating Vietnamese citizens from the U.S. on Saturday was delayed due to a "lack of license", according to the Vietnamese embassy in the country, which is a Covid-19 hotspot with more than 1.1 million cases and 67,000 deaths. The flight, which was supposed to take off from San Francisco, California, will be operated after all procedures are completed, officials said.

Local carriers said last month they would deploy 13 special flights in the coming weeks to bring home Vietnamese citizens stranded by travel restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Seven Vietnamese citizens stranded at Thai airport brought home

The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand has collaborated with the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines to bring seven citizens stuck at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on the return flight VN610 taking off at 17:20 on April 9.

Bac Giang: 364 citizens in 32 provinces and cities return home

(BGO) – 364 citizens isolated at Regiment 831 (the Military Command in Bac Giang province) and Vocational School No 12 (dissolved) in Lang Giang district for Covid-19 prevention and control on April 4 completed the regulated quarantine period. 

Vietnam Embassy in US supports citizens

The Vietnamese Embassy in the US is taking measures to support Vietnamese citizens amid concern about complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic in the US and new regulations of many countries, including Vietnam, regarding entry-exit and aviation transport.

Noi Bai airport suspends receiving flights carrying Vietnamese citizens from abroad

The Ministry of Transport sent an urgent dispatch to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) on the suspension of international flights carrying Vietnamese citizens to the Hanoi-based Noi Bai Airport starting from 0:00am on March 26.

Foreign Ministry urges Vietnamese citizens abroad to refrain from travels

The Foreign Ministry has called on Vietnamese citizens abroad to refrain from travels between countries and to Vietnam in current time, amid the complicated developments of Covid-19.

Source: VnExpress