Over 240 Vietnamese citizens from Malaysia were brought home on December 9. Illustrative photo by VOV.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the flight was arranged by authorities of the two countries and budget carrier VietJet Air.
Staff at the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia were sent to the airport to help the citizens with necessary procedures for the flights.
Passengers include children aged under 18, people with illness, pregnant women, labours whose contracts expired, 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 for 14 days following the government's regulations on Covid-19 prevention and control.
To date, over 210 repatriation flights have been arranged by Vietnamese authorities to help nearly 60,000 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.
