The passengers included children under 18, the elderly, sick people, stranded tourists, students without accommodations due to dormitory closures, and others extremely difficult cases.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Houston sends its staff members to help the citizens with boarding procedures at the airport.

Vietnam’s representative offices in the US offered active support for the citizens, many of whom had to travel from places far from the airport, and some needed special assistance.

Also, on August 5, more than 220 Vietnamese citizens were safely repatriated from Japan on a flight of budget carrier Vietjet Air. The flight was arranged by Vietnamese authorities, the Embassy of Vietnam in Japan and the airline, together with Japanese relevant agencies.

The passengers included children under 18, the elderly, pregnant women, the ill, workers with expired labour contracts, students without accommodations, and those in extremely disadvantaged circumstances.

Both the Vietnamese Consulate General in Houston and the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan sent their staff members to help the citizens with boarding procedures at the airports.

To ensure health of the citizens and prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air strictly implemented security, safety, sanitary and epidemiological measures during the flights.

The Vietnamese citizens returning home are given health examinations at the Cam Ranh International Airport in Khanh Hoa Province.

Right upon landing at airports in Vietnam, all crew members and passengers on the two flights were placed under medical monitoring and concentrated quarantine as regulated.

In the near future, Vietnamese authorities and overseas missions plan to arrange more flights to take more Vietnamese citizens home, depending on citizens’ needs and the quarantine capacity at home.

219 Vietnamese citizens brought home from Equatorial Guinea

Relevant Vietnamese agencies along with the Vietnamese embassy in Angola, concurrently accredited to Equatorial Guinea, and Vietnam Airlines coordinated with counterparts in Equatorial Guinea to bring 219 Vietnamese citizens home safely on July 28-29.

“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.

Source: NDO