A Vietnam Airlines aircraft (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Close to 280 Vietnamese citizens acrossover 30 countries in Europe, South America, and Africa and over 240 others inSingapore arrived home safely on flights operated by Vietnam Airlines andVietJet Air on August 21.
The citizens in Europe, South America, and Africa were flownhome on a Vietnam Airlines flight that departed from an airport in Paris. Theflight was the joint effort of Vietnamese authorities, representative officesin the host nations, Vietnam Airlines, and competent agencies of thesecountries.
The passengers included children under 18 years old, theelderly, sick people, pregnant women, students completing their study andfacing accommodation difficulties, stranded tourists, people on short workingtrips, and workers with expired labour contracts and visas.
The flight landed at the Tan Son Nhat international airportin Ho Chi Minh City.
Meanwhile, the Vietjet Air flight from Singapore landed atthe Can Tho international airport in the Mekong Delta city of the same name.
To prevent the spread of COVID-19, disease preventionmeasures were carried out during both flights, with crewmembers and allpassengers given heath examinations and quarantined upon arrival in line withregulations.
Vietnamese authorities and overseas missions plan to arrangemore flights to bring more Vietnamese citizens home, depending on their needand quarantine capacity at home./.
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