Authorities in the southern province of Ca Mau on Wednesday took 34 people to a quarantine area for Covid-19 prevention after they were found illegally entering Vietnam.

 34 people were detained on a fishing boat in Ca Mau Province after they were found to have illegally entered the country on February 3.

The group which included 25 women and nine men were detained at 1.40 am the same day while traveling on a fishing boat.

They are all Vietnamese people who managed to come back to the country for Tet Holiday after a time working in Malaysia.

On January 22, authorities in Ca Mau also detained 38 others who illegally entered the country from Malaysia on a fishing boat.

All the people and the boat operator were given health check-ups and sent to quarantine area for Covid-19 prevention.