Repatriation flights must be conducted in line with regulations: Deputy PM
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has assigned the Ministry of Transport to coordinate the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and relevant agencies to quickly arrange flights funded by businesses to bring home Vietnamese citizens from Ukraine.
Vietnamese in Slovakia welcome their fellowmen evacuated from Ukraine. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)– Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has assigned the Ministry ofTransport to coordinate the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and relevantagencies to quickly arrange flights funded by businesses to bring home Vietnamese citizensfrom Ukraine.
The flights must be carried out in an open and transparent manner and in line with regulations, the official said in a document dated March11.
The Ministry of Financewas also asked to join hands with the MoFA, the Ministry of Public Security andagencies in the implementation of the Deputy PM’s document on the conduct of suchrepatriation flights, issued on March 9.
Any matter that comesbeyond their power should be reported to the Prime Minister, according to the March11 document.
On March 10, the governmentallowed Sun Group to finance 10 Vietnam Airlines flights to bring home Vietnamesecitizens and their family members evacuated from war zones in Ukraine to its neighbouringcountries.
More than 4,500 Vietnamesepeople had been evacuated to Romania, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Russia asof 4pm on March 11, of whom nearly 600 were flown home on March 7 and March 9.
As many as 610Vietnamese citizens in Romania and some 500 others in Poland have registered forrepatriation flights.
Vietnamese people evacuated from Ukraine to Bucharest (Photo: VNA)
There will be two repatriationflight from Poland and Romania, both scheduled to depart from Hanoi on March 12 afternoonand arrive home on March 13 morning.
Those who want to gohome can continue to register for flights at //docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQqfqeq3QTxl8CKLqbAwkQnOpHiRu8wj8hiN2lqhnqp4j-OA/viewform
Toreceive assistance in case of need, Vietnamese people in Ukraine and its neighbouring countries can contact thefollowing phone numbers and emails: Ministryof 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 52451263, 421 915 044 329, 421 915 419 568 Vietnamese Embassy in Hungary: 36 308 385 699./.
Sun Group and Vietnam Airlines on March 10 signed a cooperation agreement on supporting the repatriation of Vietnamese people and their family members from war areas in Ukraine back home.
Vietnam's representative agencies and associations of Vietnamese in Romania are making efforts to prepare for a March 12 flight bringing citizens who had to flee from Ukraine home, the Embassy of Vietnam in the country has announced.
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Vietnamese in Slovakia welcome their fellowmen evacuated from Ukraine. (Photo: VNA) 
Vietnamese people evacuated from Ukraine to Bucharest (Photo: VNA) 
