More than 340 Vietnamese citizens from Angola were brought home on a repatriation flight which landed at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on August 13. Photo by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Passengers include children aged under 18, the elderly, the ill, pregnant women, workers with expired visas and labour contracts, students without accommodations, stranded tourists, and those in disadvantaged circumstances.
After landing safely at the airport, all passengers and crew members were given health check-ups and sent to quarantine areas in line with regulations.
Since April 10, as many as 99 repatriation flights have been arranged by Vietnamese authorities to help 24,849 local people stranded abroad due to Covid-19 return home, the ministry said.
