Vietnam to organise flights evacuating its citizens from Ukraine

Two flights are scheduled to take off on March 7 and 8, to repatriate Vietnamese citizens in Ukraine, under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Vietnamese Government.

Staffs of the Vietnamese Embassy in Hungary and representatives of the Student Union receive Vietnamese people at the Budapest train station. (Photo: baoquocte.vn)
Staffs of the Vietnamese Embassy in Hungary and representatives of the Student Union receive Vietnamese people at the Budapest train station. (Photo: baoquocte.vn)

A flight coded VN88 of Vietnam Airlines, is expected to take off on March 7, to carry 283 citizens from Bucharest, Romanina and land at Noi Bai Airport on March 8.

Another flight coded QH9066 of Bamboo Airways, will depart from Warsaw, Poland on March 9, to bring 270 Vietnamese citizens to Noi Bai Airport on March 10.

Vietnamese returning home on these flights will be tested for COVID-19 after landing in Vietnam and will be guided to implement medical quarantine measures.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to evacuate Vietnamese people from dangerous areas in Ukraine to neighbouring countries and bring them home depending on the situation.

According to information from representative agencies, as of 19:00 on March 5, more than 2,000 Vietnamese people had been evacuated from Ukraine and relocated to neighbouring countries, including more than 1,000 people in Poland, 370 in Romania, 200 being brought from Moldova to Romania, 190 in Hungary and more than 40 in Slovakia.

In the case of needing assistance or evacuation from Ukraine to return home, Vietnamese in Ukraine and neighbouring countries, can contact and register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or representative agencies in the following countries:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs: +84 965411118, +84 981848484; Email: baohocongdan@gmail.com.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Ukraine: +380 (63) 8638999.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Russia: +79916821617.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Poland: 0048782257359.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Romania: 0040744645037.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Slovakia: +421 2 5245 1263, +421 915 044 329, +421 915 419 568.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Hungary: +36 308 385 699.