Approval given to arrangement of repatriation flights for Vietnamese leaving Ukraine
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.
Hanoi (VNA) – Standing Deputy Prime Minister PhamBinh Minh has given approval to the Ministry of Transport’s proposal on thearrangement of repatriation flights for Vietnamese living in Ukraine and theirfamilies on March 7 and 9.
Deputy PM Minh assigned the Ministry of Finance to allocatefunding for the flights and the Ministry of Health has been tasked to provideinstructions for COVID-19 preventive rules during therepatriation of the Vietnamese citizens.
As of 5:00pm on March 6, more than 2,600 Vietnamese nationalshad been evacuated from war-ravaged areas in Ukraine by Vietnamese missions in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. Of the people, over 1,700 were moved toPoland, some 290 to Hungary, nearly 600 to Romania and more than 40 toSlovakia.
The Vietnamese missions have assisted the people in completing required 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 (MoFA) has been busy workingwith concerned ministries and agencies and airlines for the takeoff of therepatriation flight from Romania on March 7 and the other from Poland on March 9.
The first, operated by national flag carrier VietnamAirlines, departed from Hanoi for Romania around March 7 noon. It is scheduled to return to Hanoi the next morning, bringing home 283 Vietnamese people fromBucharest.
The second by Bamboo Airways will fly to Warsaw, Poland onMarch 9 to repatriate some 270 citizens. It is scheduled to land in Hanoithe next morning.
The Civil Aviation Authority is planning to organise onemore flight to Bucharest on March 10 under the proposal of the MOFA's Consular Department.
The Hanoi Department of Health has agreed to waive therequirement of negative COVID-19 tests or certification of COVID-19 vaccinationfor Vietnamese leaving Ukraine prior to the departure of their flight home.
However, the returnees are required to strictly observe the5K and other COVID-19 preventive rules set by the Ministry of Health duringtheir travel. They must also contact a medical station nearest to theirresidence to go into medical monitoring and test for COVID-19 in accordancewith current regulations./.
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