A Vietnamese diplomat, who asked not to be named, said the communist government estimated about 400 to 500 of its nationals with travel plans had been stuck in Thailand because of the political turmoil.
State-run Vietnam Airlines has sent two flights to the crowded U-Tapao naval airbase southeast of Bangkok, which the embattled Thai government used after protesters first closed the Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports last week.
One flight with 168 passengers arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday, and a second on Tuesday morning with 150 passengers, said Vietnam Airlines, without specifying how many were Vietnamese nationals.
The airline has also sent several large aircraft to the Lao capital of Vientiane and to Cambodia's Phnom Penh and Siem Riep airports to pick up Vietnamese who left Bangkok by road, state media reported.
The Vietnamese diplomat told AFP that 'the Vietnamese embassy in Bangkok has repatriated about 60 Vietnamese in two buses in cooperation with some Vietnamese and foreign tourism agencies.'
Thailand's People's Alliance for Democracy protesters, who oppose the ousted and self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, have demanded the resignation as premier of Mr Somchai Wongsawat, Thaksin's brother-in-law.
Mr Somchai said on Tuesday that he accepted a constitutional court verdict which barred him from politics for five years and dissolved his party, and the protesters later said they would clear the airport. -- AFP