At Sydney international airport (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – More than 340 Vietnamese citizens inAustralia were brought home safely on a flight operated by the national flagcarrier Vietnam Airlines on August 20.
The flight was the joint efforts of Vietnamese authorities,representative offices in Australia and Vietnam Airlines, and competentAustralian agencies.
The passengers included children under 18 years old, the elderly,sick people, students without accommodations due to university dormitoryclosures, and those in extremely difficult circumstances.
Given the Australian Government’s imposition of travel restrictions and border closures between states in responseto COVID-19,Vietnamese representative agencies worked with local authorities of Sydney andMelbourne to help the citizens travel to the airports. They also sent staff toassist the citizens with boarding procedures.
To prevent the spread of COVID-19, disease prevention measureswere carried out during the flight. Upon landing at Tan Son Nhat InternationalAirport in Ho Chi Minh City, the flight crew and all passengers were givenheath examinations and quarantined in line with regulations.
Vietnamese authorities and overseas missions plan to arrange more flights tobring more Vietnamese citizens home, depending on their need and quarantinecapacity at home.
On August 7, another batch of over 340 Vietnamese citizens inAustralia were also flown home safely on a flight of the national flagcarrier./.
VNA
