More than 240 Vietnamese citizens from Malaysia were brought home on a repatriation flight which landed safely at Cam Ranh airport in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa on September 14.
More than 240 Vietnamese citizens from Malaysia were brought home on September 14. Photo by Thuongtruong.
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.
The same day, 146 other people returned from Singapore and were sent to quarantine in Soc Trang Province.
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.
