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Nearly 280 citizens were repatriated from European countries on a flight of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on August 6-7.

The General Consulate of Vietnam in Houston, representative agencies in the US, Vietnamese authorities and national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines have worked together with US agencies to bring nearly 350 Vietnamese citizens home on August 5-6.

Vietnam Airlines commits to continue and add various measures against COVID-19 under stricter and new standards in face of the complicated development of the pandemic, a representative of the national flag carrier said on August 3, calling on passengers to join the effort.

Cambodia’s national flag carrier Cambodia Angkor Air announced on July 28 that its business operations are optimistic and it has well prepared to strengthen domestic flights and expand international ones when the COVID-19 pandemic is under control.

A crew of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on July 28 left for Bata city of Equatorial Guinea to bring 219 stranded Vietnamese citizens home, a representative of the airline has said.

Vietnamese authorities, representative agencies and national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines partnered with Japanese authorities to carry 350 Vietnamese citizens home on July 15.

Vietnam Airlines will launch two new domestic routes and re-open two others from July 22.

Vietnamese agencies in and outside the country worked with the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and French agencies on June 28 and 29 to arrange a flight for more than 280 Vietnamese citizens in France and some other European countries to return to Vietnam.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will launch five new domestic routes in July, bringing its total to 57, a representative of the airline announced on June 23.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on June 22 officially launched three new air routes from the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will open two new routes this month connecting Vinh city in the central province of Nghe An with Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang and Nha Trang city in central Khanh Hoa province.

Vietnam Airlines is to open six new domestic routes this month, the national flag carrier announced on June 1.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 21 chaired a meeting with permanent Government members to discuss measures to tackle difficulties faced by the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines said on May 12 that it will launch five more domestic routes this month with tickets priced from 99,000 VND (4.3 USD) for one-way tickets, exclusive of fees and taxes.

Indonesia is finalising a financial bailout plan worth 1 billion USD for the national flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia to help it avoid bankruptcy after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the airline to ground most of its planes.

Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry Azmin Ali has said the merger of national flag carrier Malaysia Airlines and budget airline AirAsia is one of the options to save them as the COVID-19 has battered the aviation industry.

A specially arranged flight of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines landed at Da Nang International Airport on April 18 morning, bringing home Vietnamese citizens stranded in Italy.

Vietnam Airlines operated two special flights carrying EU citizens and Vietnam’s medical support for five European nations to Germany on April 6 and 8.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has launched a programme offering free travelling for health workers engaged in epidemic prevention and control work and the transport of medical equipment on its domestic routes, said a representative of the carrier on April 7.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines said on April 4 that it has carried 100,000 face masks, protective clothing, testing systems and COVID-19 test kits as gifts from the Vietnamese Government and people to their Lao and Cambodian counterparts.