The flight was arranged by Vietnamese and French authorities, and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines.

Nearly 280 Vietnamese citizens from 24 European and African countries were brought home on August 2.

Passengers included children under 18, the elderly, pregnant women, people with illness, students without accommodation, stranded tourists, and labourers with expired contracts and visas.

Right after landing at the airport, all the passengers were given health check-ups and then sent to quarantine areas in accordance with current regulations.

Also on August 2, more than 230 Vietnamese citizens in Thailand were brought home on a flight organised by Vietnamese and Thai authorities and budget carrier Vietjet Air.

More flights are expected to be launched in the time ahead to repatriate overseas Vietnamese citizens in accordance with their wish, the pandemic situation and quarantine capacity at home.

“Youth Flight” repatriates over 200 Vietnamese citizens from Japan

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines conducted a special flight named “Youth Flight” to bring home more than 200 Vietnamese citizens from Japan on July 27.

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.

Source: NDO/VNA