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Hundreds of repatriation flights to be held
  • | dtinews.vn | December 01, 2020 03:33 PM
Nearly 200 repatriation flights will be held to bring Vietnamese citizens home from Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

  

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The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has sent a document to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about organising paid repatriation flights from December 1, 2020 to January 15, 2021. The flights are only allowed to be held once they are approved by all related agencies and local authorities of the landing cities and provinces.

Vietnamese airlines have co-operated with the embassies and Vietnam economic and culture offices in other countries to offer combo deals to Vietnamese people in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The lists of passengers were carried out by the airlines and the embassies of Vietnam overseas.

The planes are only allowed to land at Van Don, Danang, Cam Ranh, Can Tho, Phu Quoc airports. Tho Xuan and Phu Cat airports management boards offered to receive paid repatriation flights.

Passengers will pay the airlines the ticket fee, quarantine fee at appointed hotels, transportation fee and testing fee. Other fees will be paid at the hotels. Van Don, Danang, Cam Ranh and Can Tho airports each will receive three flights from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan every week. Other three airports which can organise quarantine areas for a large number of passengers will receive one flight a day for each airport.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam will summarise the flight plans and regulate the flight schedule. Vietnamese embassies will announce the schedules on their websites. The list of passengers and hotels must be sent to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam 24 hours before the departing hour.

Passengers will have testing samples taken at the hotels. They will be tested twice after arriving in Vietnam and the third time before their quarantine period ends.

Local authorities will publish the package prices for tickets, quarantine fees, and foods and quarantine plans for each flight. They must also monitor the process to ensure that there is no overcharging.

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