Nearly 380 Vietnamese citizens from the Republic of Korea were brought home on a repatriation flight which landed safely at Cam Ranh airport in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa on September 15.
Vietnamese citizens from Singapore have temperature checked at a quarantine centre in Mekong Delta Sóc Trăng Province after returning home on Monday.
Passengers include children aged under 18, the elderly, the ill, pregnant women, workers whose visas or labour contracts expired, students with no residences due to dormitory closures 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, some 130 repatriation flights have been arranged by Vietnamese authorities since April 10 to help over 37,000 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.
