Vietnam repatriates 353 citizens from Japan

	First overseas Vietnamese with 'vaccine passport' repatriates
	Vietnam repatriates 360 citizens from Singapore
	Thousands of overseas Vietnamese repatriate for early pre-Tet quarantine

All returnees have their health carefully checked before and after the flight (Photo: Nhan Dan)

According to Nhan Dan, 193 Vietnamese passengers on the flight Airbus A321, number VJ2723 of Vietjet Airline, have arrived at Van Don airport from Japan’s COVID-19 epicenters on March 11. Another 160 citizens from Japan were also carried home safely on the same day.

The returnees are mainly overseas students and laborers with invalid visas or facing accommodation difficulties. All had had their health and body temperature carefully checked before boarding the plane. Anti-pandemic measures were fully complied with during flight time.

In 2020, Quang Ninh’s Van Don International Airport received over 180 international flights carrying over 40 passengers, including both overseas Vietnamese and foreign experts. In January 2021 only, the airport welcomed another repatriation flight from Japan and four flights carrying experts from Korea. Anti-epidemic safety measures at the place have been raised to the highest level so far to mitigate the spread of the novel virus.

Earlier on March 7, 360 Vietnamese nationals touched down at Can Tho International Airport on a repatriation flight from Singapore. The returnees include children under 18 years of age, sick people, and others under special difficulties. All passengers and flight crew members are fully equipped with face masks, protective gear while strictly following anti-pandemic measures.

Upon arrival, they underwent medical check-ups and were immediately transferred to quarantine facilities in Ben Tre, Tra Vinh, Hau Giang province in line with regulations relating to COVID-19 prevention and control.

360 Vietnamese nationals touched down at Can Tho International Airport on a repatriation flight from Singapore (Photo: VOV)

On March 6, Can Tho International Airport also welcomed a flight to bring home as many as 300 Vietnamese citizens from Malaysia, and all the passengers were put in quarantine in concentrated isolation facilities according to COVID-19 prevention and control regulations.

On October 2020, another 360 Vietnamese citizens were repatriated from Singapore on two Pacific Airlines flights. The flights were arranged by Vietnamese authorities, the Embassy of Vietnam in Singapore, Pacific Airlines, and agencies in Singapore.

Last May, a Vietnam Airlines flight Sunday repatriated 344 Vietnamese citizens from Singapore, the biggest Covid-19 hotspot in Southeast Asia at that time.

Flight VN650 flight landed at the Mekong Delta’s Can Tho airport Sunday afternoon, with passengers including pregnant women, the elderly, youth under 18, people suffering illnesses, and workers or tourists whose visas had expired, according to a Vietnam Foreign Ministry release.

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