Approximately 270 Vietnamese citizens from Australia were brought home on arepatriation flight which landed safely at Can Tho International Airport in the southern province of Can Tho on October 15.
Vietnamese citizens completing flight procedures at Sydney international airport. (Photo: VNA)
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the flight was arranged by authorities of the two countries and Bamboo Airways.
Passengers include children aged under 18, the elderly, the ill, and those in extremely difficult circumstances.
After landing at the airport, all passengers and crew members of the flight were given health check-ups and sent to quarantine areas.
To date, over 150 repatriation flights have been arranged by Vietnamese authorities since April 10 to help nearly 50,000 local people stranded abroad due to Covid-19 return home, the ministry said, adding that more such flights are set to be conducted in the coming time.