Nearly 280 Vietnamese citizens from France, Morocco and Chile were brought home on a repatriation flight which landed safely at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday morning.

Vietnamese citizens wait for the repatriation flight at the airport in Paris on September 8.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the flight was arranged by the Vietnamese government, local authorities of the three countries and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines. People were helped to gather at an airport in Paris for the repatriation flight.

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

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 120 repatriation flights have been arranged by Vietnamese authorities since April 10 to help nearly 36,000 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.