Vietnamese transported home on free flight from Japan for Tet holiday
(VOVWORLD) -Some 200 Vietnamese citizens arrived home from Japan on a free flight operated by the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on Thursday, three weeks away from Tet, Lunar New Year holiday.
 Passengers check-in to board the plane. (Photo: nhandan.vn)
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The flight was part of a program offering 456 free return air tickets, of which 196 are for international flights, along with 3,600 bus tickets, and Tet gifts to students and workers living in difficult circumstances.
Cu Duc Quan, deputy chief of the Office of the Youth Union and a representative of the organizing board, said at the welcome ceremony at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi that this is the first time such a flight has been launched to bring home Vietnamese students and workers from Japan who have missed family gatherings during Tet, the biggest festival in Vietnam, for years.
Each recipient receives free airfare from Japan to Vietnam and 50% of the cost to buy a ticket back to Japan to continue studying and working after the holiday.