More than 340 Vietnamese citizens from the US were brought home on a repatriation flight which landed safely at Van Don International Airport in Quang Ninh Province on October 11.

Vietnamese people wait for the repatriation flight at the airport in the US. Photo by the Vietnamese Embassy in the US.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the flight was arranged by authorities of the two countries and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines.

Passengers include children aged under 18 the elderly, the ill, stranded tourists and businessmen, workers whose visas or labour contracts expired, students with no residences due to dormitory closures and those in extremely difficult circumstances.

The same day, 180 Vietnamese workers in Brunei were also flown home on a Vietjet Air flight.

After landing at the airport, all passengers and crew members of the flight were given health check-ups and sent to quarantine areas.

To date, over 150 repatriation flights have been arranged by Vietnamese authorities since April 10 to help nearly 50000 local people stranded abroad due to Covid-19 return home, the ministry said, adding that more such flights are set to be conducted in the coming time.