Before the Blast Behind the tragedy of the deadly Beirut explosion in August and the COVID-19 pandemic is the pervasive problem of maritime abandonment that gravely affects hundreds of thousands of seafarers. This is their story.

Babies head home on repatriation flights without parents Due to difficulties posed by the pandemic, a lot of couples have been forced to send their children home while they stay on in the RoK to complete their labour contracts.

Over 340 Vietnamese in US flown home safely More than 340 Vietnamese citizens in the US were repatriated on a flight that landed at Vân Đồn International Airport, the northern province of Quảng Ninh, on Sunday.

Vietnamese citizens repatriated from Australia Nearly 350 Vietnamese citizens have returned home from Australia.

Vietnamese citizens in Japan repatriated A total of 350 Vietnamese citizens have been repatriated from Japan. The passengers touched down on Monday at Cam Ranh International Airport in the south-central province of Khánh Hòa.

Nearly 1,000 Vietnamese citizens return home on Friday and Saturday

Over 350 Vietnamese citizens brought home from Japan More than 350 Vietnamese citizens have returned home safely from Japan on a flight late September 3.

Nearly 350 Vietnamese citizens repatriated from US

Nearly 350 Vietnamese citizens have returned home safely from the US on a flight arranged on August 29-30 that departed from Houston.

More than 1,400 Vietnamese citizens brought home over weekend More than 1,400 Vietnamese citizens were repatriated from China’s Taiwan and Macau, Oceanian countries, Japan, the Middle East and five African countries during the last weekends.

570 Vietnamese citizens brought home from Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan

More than 500 Vietnamese citizens were repatriated from China’s Taiwan and Oceanian countries on August 28-29.