Illustrative photo by VOV.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the flight was arranged by Vietnamese agencies and local authorities of the European countries and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines.
Staff at the Vietnamese Consulate in Germany were sent to the Frankfurt Airport to help the citizens with necessary procedures for the flight.
Passengers include children aged under 18, the elderly, the ill, 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 flights were given health check-ups and sent to quarantine areas.
The same day, nearly 240 Vietnamese citizens from the Philippines were also flown home on a VietJet flight which landed in Can Tho International Airport.
To date, over 180 repatriation flights have been arranged by Vietnamese authorities since April 10 to help over 54,000 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.
