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Flight carries stranded Vietnamese citizens in Equatorial Guinea home
Flight carries stranded Vietnamese citizens in Equatorial Guinea home
A specially-arranged Vietnam Airlines flight bringing home 219 stranded Vietnamese citizens in Equatorial Guinea, nearly half of them confirmed COVID-19 positive, landed at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội at around 3pm on Wednesday.
The flight was arranged by Vietnamese authorities, the Vietnamese Embassy in Angola (which is also in charge of Equatorial Guinea), the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines together with relevant agencies of Equatorial Guinea.
The aircraft departed from Hà Nội at 7am on Tuesday and landed at Bata Airport after 12 hours in flight. It stayed at the airport for about two hours before returning home.
Doctors and nurses of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases joined the crew to the African nation to ensure passengers’ health during the journey.
Crew members were equipped with special protective clothing while separate zones and air purifiers were set up onboard.
Right after landing at the airport, all the crew members, doctors and passengers of the flight were taken to the National Hospital for Tropical Disease Campus No.2 in Hà Nội's Đông Anh District for quarantine and treatment. All patients who are being treated at the hospital have been moved to other medical establishments.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc earlier requested that Vietnamese workers in Equatorial Guinea be brought home immediately.
Since the first days of the pandemic, the Government leader has ordered flights to repatriate overseas Vietnamese citizens, and asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnamese embassies and representative offices abroad to do their utmost in citizen protection.
According to Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Van Thanh, 16 of the 219 Vietnamese labourers in the host country tested positive for the coronavirus and 20 were suspected to have the virus late June. They have been quarantined and treated in line with local regulations.
The number of infections among the Vietnamese guest workers rose to 112 in early July./.
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The Party and State of Vietnam will not and never abandon its citizens inside or outside the country. That's an obvious proof for protecting human rights!
Relevant agencies of Vietnam in the United States and Taiwan (China), national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and low-cost carrier Vietjet on July 28 coordinated with competent agencies in the host countries to bring home over 600 stranded citizens while Vietnam continued to confirm new domestic cases of the coronavirus.
More than 340 Vietnamese citizens came back home from Japan on July 28 on a flight arranged by Vietnamese authorities, the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines together with Japanese agencies.
Viva Vietnam!
The passengers included children under 18, elderly people, those with illnesses, workers with expired visas or labour contracts, stranded tourists, and students who have finished their learning but lack accommodation due to dormitory closure, and others with disadvantages.
Vietnam’s representative bodies in the US actively assisted the citizens, many of whom had to move from distant places or needed special support.
Since the first days of the pandemic combat, the Government leader has ordered flights to repatriate overseas Vietnamese citizens, and asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnamese embassies and representative offices abroad to do their utmost in citizen protection.
Under the Prime Minister’s direction, domestic authorities and Việt Nam’s overseas representative offices are making plans to fly more Vietnamese citizens home, depending on the citizens’ need and the country’s quarantine capacity.
Vietnamese authorities, the Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia, the Vietjet Air, and relevant Indonesian offices arranged a flight to bring more than 210 Vietnamese citizens home on July 29.
More than 280 Vietnamese citizens in the US was brought home on a flight that landed at Van Don International Airport of northern Quang Ninh province on July 27.
Nearly 180 Vietnamese citizens were flown home from Brunei on July 29 by budget carrier Vietjet Air.
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