On Wednesday evening, many flights from Japan, Dubai, the Netherlands and Southeast Asian countries landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Lots of passengers were Vietnamese living abroad.
More overseas Vietnamese have started returning home for Tet
Nguyen Thu Thao and her husband from Binh Tan District came to the airport quite early to pick up their son who returned from South Korea. “This is the first time my son has come back home for Tet after working in South Korea for five years,” Thao said.
Nguyen Thien Vuong from Dong Nai Province’s Bien Hoa City came to welcome his daughter who studied and worked in Japan for seven years.
Tan Son Nhat International Airport has become more crowded as Tet is nearing.
This year, many people have been using flight tracking applications such as Flightradar24 and FlightAware so they have not come to the airport as early as previously.
A passenger returning from Japan to Vietnam said that his flight landed at 2 pm on Thursday but it took an hour before he could exit because of the crowds.
On January 24, Tan Son Nhat International Airport served 137 international flights with a total of 21,905 passengers.
At the peak time around Tet, from January 26 to February 24, the airport will welcome 860-900 flights per day operated by 53 airlines.