A Vietnam Airlines flight carrying 287 Vietnamese people leaving Ukraine arrives at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport at noon on March 8. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A Vietnam Airlines flight carrying 287Vietnamese people leaving Ukraine arrived at Hanoi’s Noi Bai InternationalAirport at noon on March 8.
Departing from the Romanian capital city of Bucharest, it isthe first repatriation flight arranged and fully funded by the Government ofVietnam to bring home Vietnamese living in war-ravaged areas in Ukraine. Thepassengers included 71 children aged under 12.
The returnees are welcomed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu at the airport. (Photo: VNA)
They were welcomed by Deputy Minister of Foreign AffairsPham Quang Hieu and representatives from the Vietnam Fatherland Front andconcerned ministries at the airport.
As of 5:00pm on March 6, more than 2,600 Vietnamesenationals had been evacuated from Ukraine by Vietnamese missions in Ukraine andneighbouring countries. Of the people, over 1,700 were moved to Poland, some290 to Hungary, nearly 600 to Romania, and more than 40 to Slovakia.
The returnees are evacuated by the Vietnamese mission to Romania before boarding the flight home. (Photo: VNA)
The Vietnamese missions have assisted the people in completingrequired legal steps to enter these third countries and cooperated with localauthorities and Vietnamese associations to provide them with temporaryaccommodations, food and other necessities.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been busy workingwith concerned ministries and agencies and airlines for the takeoff of two repatriationflights. One from Romania has just arrived in Hanoi while the other will departfrom Poland on March 9./.
Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has given approval to the Ministry of Transport’s proposal on the arrangement of repatriation flights for Vietnamese living in Ukraine and their families on March 7 and 9.
Vietnam appreciates Poland's support in evacuating nearly 2,000 Vietnamese people from Ukraine to Poland and providing them with shelters and necessities, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son told Chargé d'Affaires of the Polish Embassy in Vietnam Maciej Duszynski during their meeting in Hanoi on March 7.
The Ministry of Health has instructed that Vietnamese people repatriating from Ukraine do not need to test for SARS-CoV-2 and have the confirmation of having been vaccinated against or having recovered from COVID-19 before boarding planes to Hanoi.
Vietnamese representative agencies in Ukraine and neighbouring countries have received about 3,500 Vietnamese people who fled from war areas in Ukraine.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son talked over the phone with his Romanian counterpart Bogdan Aurescu on March 7, asking for continued support for the Vietnamese people and their families evacuating from Ukraine.
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A 21-year-old Indian tourist was successfully resuscitated and treated by doctors at Hoan My Da Nang Hospital after a near-drowning incident left him in critical condition. After three days of intensive care, the man was discharged from the hospital and has since returned to India.
In an document issued on August 5, the PM emphasised the need to stablise living conditions for people hit by floods, landslides, and flash floods in late July and early August in northern and north-central provinces, especially Dien Bien, Son La, and Nghe An which suffered some of the worst damage.
Although millions of Vietnamese were affected by AO, only over 626,000 individuals, including war veterans and their children suffering from dioxin-related conditions, are currently receiving state benefits.
A Vietnam Airlines flight carrying 287 Vietnamese people leaving Ukraine arrives at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport at noon on March 8. (Photo: VNA)
The returnees are welcomed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu at the airport. (Photo: VNA)
The returnees are evacuated by the Vietnamese mission to Romania before boarding the flight home. (Photo: VNA)
