According to the Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia, the pandemic in the country remains very complicated; so the embassy has been working with Vietnamese concerned agencies to get some priortised groups home.
The list includes children, students under 18 years old, students whose dormitory has been closed, people aged over 60, people who are taking treatment in Indonesia and those whose visa has expired.
The embassy is the only agency to receive people’s registrations.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has instructed Vietnamese representative agencies to propose measures to help Vietnamese nationals abroad return home if they wish. This included prioritising people aged below 18, the elderly and those with health problems.
On April 15, national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines transported 93 Vietnamese from the UK home. Three days later, the carrier brought another 52 Vietnamese from Italy back to the country.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the US reported that around 1,000 Vietnamese people in the US wanted to return to Vietnam.
