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Over 340 Vietnamese return home safely from US

More than 340 Vietnamese citizens were repatriated safely from Washington DC on a flight that landed at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on May 16.
Over 340 Vietnamese return home safely from US ảnh 1Vietnamese people line up in front of the Vietnamese Embassy's citizen support area at Washington Dulles International Airport before getting on the plane to come home (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – More than 340 Vietnamese citizens wererepatriated safely from Washington DC on a flight that landed at Noi BaiInternational Airport in Hanoi on May 16.

The flight was arranged by Vietnameseauthorities, the country’s representative agencies in the US, national flagcarrier Vietnam Airlines and relevant agencies of the US.

The passengers include elderly people, thosewith illnesses, people under 18, students without accommodation due to schoolclosures, those stranded because of flight suspension, and some withparticularly disadvantaged backgrounds. They were from various states in theUS.

The Vietnamese Embassy had sent staff to assistthe citizens before they got on the plane.

After arriving at Noi Bai airport, all thepassengers and flight crew immediately received health check-ups and were sentto quarantine facilities under regulations.

In the time ahead, Vietnamese authorities,overseas representative bodies and airlines will organise more flights to bringVietnamese expatriates home basing on COVID-19 developments in the country andthe world, the citizens’ aspirations, and local quarantine capacity./.
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