Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Nearly 360 Vietnamese citizens wereflown home from the US on a Vietnam Airlines flight at the arrangement ofVietnamese and US agencies from December 31 to January 1.
Passengers on the flight included under-18children, the elderly, the sick, and students who finished their study butwithout accommodation, and those in extremely difficult circumstances.
The Vietnamese representative agencies in the USsent staff members to the airports in Houston and New York to help the citizenswith boarding procedures.
To ensure health for the citizens and prevent the spread of COVID-19, strictsecurity, safety and epidemiological measures were applied during the flight.After landing at Cam Ranh International Airport in the central province of KhanhHoa, all crew members and passengers on the flight were given health checks andsent to quarantine in accordance with regulations.
The repatriation of Vietnamese citizens indisadvantaged circumstances abroad will be arranged based on citizens’ wish,the developments of the pandemic and domestic quarantine capacity./.
Passengers on the flight included under-18children, the elderly, the sick, and students who finished their study butwithout accommodation, and those in extremely difficult circumstances.
The Vietnamese representative agencies in the USsent staff members to the airports in Houston and New York to help the citizenswith boarding procedures.
To ensure health for the citizens and prevent the spread of COVID-19, strictsecurity, safety and epidemiological measures were applied during the flight.After landing at Cam Ranh International Airport in the central province of KhanhHoa, all crew members and passengers on the flight were given health checks andsent to quarantine in accordance with regulations.
The repatriation of Vietnamese citizens indisadvantaged circumstances abroad will be arranged based on citizens’ wish,the developments of the pandemic and domestic quarantine capacity./.
VNA
