The passengers included children aged below 18, the elderly, pregnant women, the sick, workers whose visas and labour contracts have expired, students without residence due to dormitory closure and other especially disadvantaged cases.

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The airline took security, safety and quarantine measures very seriously during the flight.

After landing at Noi Bai International Airport, all the passengers and flight crew underwent health checks and were put into quarantine in line with Vietnam’s regulations on Covid-19 prevention and control.

In accordance with the Prime Minister’s directions, similar flights will be conducted in the near future to return citizens to the homeland, taking into account the capacity of domestic quarantine areas.

Vietnamese citizens brought home safely from South Asian nations

Nearly 200 Vietnamese citizens from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives were brought home safe and sound on July 2-3.

Vietnamese citizens return from Canada, Africa

A Vietnam Airlines flight has brought 343 Vietnamese citizens back to Vietnam from Canada thanks to the coordination between Vietnamese and Canadian agencies.

Over 260 Vietnamese citizens come home from Kuwait, Qatar, Egypt

A total of 266 Vietnamese citizens were brought home from Kuwait, Qatar, and Egypt on June 15 and 16 thanks to concerted efforts by the Vietnamese embassies in the three countries, Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways and relevant agencies of the host nations.

Over 340 Vietnamese citizens brought home from the US

More than 340 Vietnamese citizens have been brought home safely from the US on a Vietnam Airlines flight which took off from San Francisco airport on June 7.

Vietnam repatriates 310 citizens from Finland and Sweden

National carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) carried 310 Vietnamese nationals from Finland and Sweden back home safely on a flight that landed at Noi Bai Airport on the morning of June 6.

Source: NDO