About 3,500 Vietnamese evacuated from war areas in Ukraine
Vietnamese representative agencies in Ukraine and neighbouring countries have received about 3,500 Vietnamese people who fled from war areas in Ukraine.
Vietnamese people evacuated from Ukraine to Romania (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese representative agencies in Ukraine and neighbouring countries have received about 3,500 Vietnamese people who fled from war areas in Ukraine.
As of March 7 afternoon, more than 2,200 people had been evacuated to Poland, 830 to Romania, more than 100 to Slovakia, and about 20 to Russia.
The agencies have helped the Vietnamese with relevant procedures and provided them with necessary documents to enter and transit in countries, while coordinating with local authorities and Vietnamese associations in host countries to receive, arrange shelters and means of transportation for them, and provide necessities for them.
On March 7, Vietnam Airlines’ VN88 flight left Hanoi for Bucharest, Romania, to pick up Vietnamese citizens, which is scheduled to land in Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on March 8 noon.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Romania has supported the people to travel to the airport, while working with the Romanian Foreign Ministry and airport authorities to support them with exit procedures.
Currently, the Foreign Ministry is actively working with relevant ministries, sectors and agencies as well as Bamboo Airways to operate flight QH9066 on March 9 to carry 270 Vietnamese citizens from Warsaw, Poland, to Vietnam. It is scheduled to land in Noi Bai on March 10 morning.
Vietnamese representative agencies in Poland and Romania remain open to receive registration for seats in next flights through //docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQqfqeq3QTxl8CKLqbAwkQnOpHiRu8wj8hiN2lqhnqp4j-OA/viewform.
Vietnamese people in Ukraine and surrounding countries who need support or want to flee from war areas or return to Vietnam can contact and place their registrations through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or Vietnamese representative agencies through following phone numbers:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: 84-965411118, 84-981848484; Email: baohocongdan@gmail.com Vietnamese Embassy in Ukraine: 380 (63) 8638999 Vietnamese Embassy in Russia: 79916821617 Vietnamese Embassy in Poland: 0048782257359 Vietnamese Embassy in Romania: 0040744645037 Vietnamese Embassy in Slovakia; 421 2 5245 1263, 421 915 044 329, 421 915 419 568 Vietnamese Embassy in Hungary: 36 308 385 699./.
Most of the Vietnamese people wishing to move out of three big cities of Ukraine, namely Kyiv, Kharkov, and Odessa, have been evacuated in the face of the complicated situation there, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to the country Nguyen Hong Thach.
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.
Many Vietnamese in conflict-torn Ukraine have evacuated to neighbouring Poland. There, they were touched by the enthusiastic support coming from the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese community. They have found national solidarity to be a life-saver during one the most difficult times of their lives.
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.
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Vietnamese people evacuated from Ukraine to Romania (Photo: VNA) 
