The returnees have been quarantined at a local dormitory in Bac Lieu City.
The quarantine area used for 343 Vietnamese people from Australia
On Thursday evening, provincial authorities held an urgent meeting on pandemic prevention.
According to the local Department of Health, Covid-19 tests on the people will be sent to Pasteur Institute in HCM City as regulated.
Ma Quoc Thien, director of Bac Lieu General Hospital, said that the hospital has prepared beds to receive Covid-19 patients in necessary cases.
The province will also deal with vendors around the hospital to ensure pandemic prevention.
Bac Lieu previously welcomed 150 Vietnamese coming back home from the UK and 297 from UAE.
To date, most of the country’s Covid-19 cases have recovered and been discharged from hospital.
As of this morning, July 3, Vietnam had no Covid-19 community infections for 78 days.
