Nearly 280 Vietnamese citizens from Russia and Belarus have just been brought home on a repatriation flight which landed at Van Don International Airport on July 17.
Vietnamese people check in for a repatriation flight at the airport in Moscow on May 12.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the flight was arranged by local authorities of the three countries and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines.
The passengers included children aged under 18, the elderly, pregnant women, people with illness, workers whose visas and labour contracts expired, students without residence due to the closure of dormitories, and other people facing difficulties in the two countries.
All the passengers and the flight crew members were given health check-ups and sent to quarantine areas right after landing in accordance with current regulations on virus prevention.
This is the third repatriation flight arranged for Vietnamese citizens stranded in Russia due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Since April 10, Vietnam has organised 55 flights bringing 13,323 citizens home from overseas, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said on July 16.
More flights will be conducted in the near future to bring Vietnamese nationals home, taking into account domestic quarantine capacity.
