Vietnam Airlines will start operating direct flights from Taiwan to CanTho and vice versa, said Nguyen Phuc Dien, head of Vietnam Airlines’ branch in Can Tho, on Thursday.

The direct flights will be introduced to make it easy for passengers to fly to Viet Nam from Taiwan on the occasion of Lunar New Year 2018.

Vietnam Airlines will operate two flights from Taiwan to CanTho and vice versa on Saturday and on Tuesday to bring home more than 200 passengers, mainly Vietnamese workers from CanTho and provinces in the Mekong Delta working in Taiwan.

The first flight on Saturday will depart from Taiwan at 6.45am (local time) and land at CanTho airport at 9.20am (local time).

The second flight on Tuesday will depart from Taiwan at 10.55pm and land at CanTho airport at 1.10am on Wednesday.

Only two return flights from CanTho to Taiwan will operate from February 20.

Every year, Vietnam Airlines introduces flights connecting Taiwan and Can Tho to serve the Vietnamese people living and working in Taiwan. The flights will help people save time and money in returning to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year festival, Dien said. — VNS