Vietnamese passengers line up at Madrid Barajas International Airport in Spain to complete necessary procedures before boarding the flight home. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Another Vietnam Airlines flight has brought back to Vietnam nearly 200 Vietnamese citizens from European countriesamid the complexity of the COVID-19 situation there.
Passengers are mostly children under the age of 18, theelderly, sick people, pregnant women, graduate students, stranded tourists andpeople whose visas had expired but could not leave the countries.
The flight stopped at FrankfurtInternational Airport in Germany and Madrid Barajas International Airport inSpain for the passengers to board.
The embassies of Vietnam in European countries had closelycooperated with local authorities to help the Vietnamese nationals complete allrequired procedures and make their journey home safely.
Landing at Da NangInternational Airport in the central city of Da Nang on May 16, the passengersand cabin crew members were provided with medical checkups and sent tostate-designated facilities for compulsory quarantine for 14 days.
Vietnam will continue arranging flights to bring back its citizens home in thecoming time, depending on the pandemic's situation, the country’s quarantinecapacity and the demand of Vietnamese citizens living overseas./.
