Nearly 600 Vietnamese evacuees from Ukraine repatriated safely
VOV.VN - Nearly 600 Vietnamese people fleeing from war-torn Ukraine to neighbours Poland and Romania were safely returned home by two Vietnam Airlines flights on March 13, taking the overall number of Vietnamese in Ukraine repatriated so far to more than 1,100.
The two first repatriation flights were conducted under an agreement between national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and Sun Group, with the entire cost covered by the later.
The flight from Poland’s Warsaw carrying 288 passengers touched down at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport at 9:30am, while the other from Romania’s Bucharest landed at the airport at 11:00am, carrying 291 people.
The Vietnamese embassies in Poland and Romania cooperated with Vietnamese associations in those countries to help the evacuees travel to the airports and complete pre-departure procedures.
As of 4:00 p.m. on March 12, Vietnamese representative agencies received more than 4,500 evacuees fleeing from Ukraine to neighboring countries.
They included some 950 to Romania, 2,800 to Poland, 660 to Hungary, nearly 130 to Slovakia and over 40 to Russia.
The Vietnamese agencies are working hand in hand with local authorities and Vietnamese associations to arrange travel and temporary accommodations and provide food for the evacuees and help them deal with legal procedures to prepare for the next flights home.