National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on October 3-4 safely repatriated nearly 340 Vietnamese citizens left stranded in European and African nations due to the impact of the COVID-19.

More Vietnamese citizens stranded overseas dur to COVId-19 will be brought home.

Passengers on board the flight were minors under 18, elderly people, students without accommodation, guest workers with expired visas and labour contracts, and other special cases.

Vietnamese representative agencies worked closely with relevant agencies of the host countries to facilitate the citizens’ travel to an airport in Paris (France). The Vietnamese Embassy in France sent staff to the airport to assist the citizens with necessary procedures before their departure.

Vietnam Airlines implemented necessary epidemiological measures during the flight to prevent possible spread of the virus.

All passengers were also examined and quarantined according to regulations on COVID-19 prevention and control as soon as the plane landed at Van Don International Airport in Quang Ninh province, northern Vietnam.

Vietnamese authorities are arranging more repatriation flights to bring home more Vietnamese citizens stranded overseas in accordance with the epidemic situation and isolation capacity in the country.