The plane, departing from central Vietnam’s Da Nang, stopping over at Hanoi and arriving at the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, was one of the three special planes arranged to bring stranded Chinese residents back home with joint efforts of the two countries. “We are really grateful that we have the tickets to go back home!” said Chi, whose husband works in Hanoi. The other two of the three planes flew from Vietnam’s southern Ho Chi Minh City and the central city of Nha Trang to Guangzhou and southwest China’s Chengdu, taking about 400 stranded Chinese travelers like Chi back to their homeland. “The difficulties facing Chinese citizens overseas are of great concern to the party and the Chinese government, and also a priority to the Chinese Embassy,” said Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo, who went to the airport to see off the Chinese passengers. China has made various efforts and coordinated with Vietnam to bring its citizens back home.

Source: Manila Times February 16, 2020 16:25 UTC