The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has announced that 13 flights will be arranged to bring Vietnamese citizens home from 11 countries amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
The Consular Department under the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 18 sent a document to CAAV regarding the repatriation of overseas Vietnamese citizens with essential traveling needs.
In its response, the CAAV said it has arranged 13 flights operated by three Vietnamese carriers to bring the citizens home.
Specifically, national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will operate ten flights to transport Vietnamese nationals from Japan, the U.S., Canada, the UAE, France, Russia, Spain, and Thailand.
Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air will carry out two flights from Singapore and Indonesia to Vietnam.
Meanwhile, Bamboo Airways will fly Vietnamese citizens home from the Philippines.
The CAAV said the 13 flights will depart from and land in either Hanoi, Quang Ninh Province, Ho Chi Minh City or Can Tho City.
On Wednesday afternoon, a representative of Vietnam Airlines informed that the carrier had cooperated with Japanese authorities in bringing home nearly 300 Vietnamese citizens.
The citizens are either sick, pregnant women, workers, or students with expired work permits.
Amid the suspension of commercial air routes between Vietnam and many parts of the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnamese authorities and foreign diplomatic missions have been organizing charter flights to transport Vietnamese citizens back home.
Priority is given to children under 18 years of age, the elderly, the sick, and those in exceptionally difficult circumstances.
All arrivals are subject to mandatory 14-day isolation.
Source: https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/20200423/vietnam-to-fly-citizens-home-from-11-countries/54181.html
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