In a telephone conversation with a Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV) reporter on March 5, the Vietnamese ambassador to Libya, Dao Duy Tien said, 32 people remaining at Tripoli airport will board a plane for home on March as planned. 71 people at the embassy will also be brought by car to the Tunisian border while 73 others will be taken directly to Tripoli airport to move to the border.

Mr Tien said he hopes everything will go smoothly as directed by the Prime Minister.

Earlier, 65 workers from Bengazin moved east to the Salloum border gate in Egypt and they all lost their passports. However, the Vietnamese embassy in Egypt acted as a guarantee for them and helped them complete transit procedures for travelling to Cairo airport.

These guest workers will be also provided with food and travel costs by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

There are still around 1,000 Vietnamese workers at Zazit airport and a concentration camp for evacuated guest workers near the Tunisian border. At least 3 more flights are expected to bring them from Tunisia to Vietnam soon.

Also on March 5, the Vietnamese embassy in Libya said it helped evacuate 20 Cambodian students from Libya to Zazit airport safely. They will be on board a flight to their home country sometime on March 6.

Over the past week, the number of foreign evacuees from Libya to Tunisia has amounted to hundreds of thousands. The administration, social organisations, student volunteers and people of Tunisia generously lent a helping hand to guest workers from all different countries.

Many voluntary relief aid distribution sites around Zazit airport and camps near the Libyan border have been set up. Most guest workers have all been provided with drinks and food.

Meanwhile, relief aid continues to be transported to the border and refugee camps.

It is worth noting that all goods being given out as relief aid have been contributed by financially strong people, organisations and the Red Cross society in Tunisia.

A Tunisian volunteer said, “I involve myself in emergency and voluntary aid activities because many foreigners are in urgent need of assistance. I am willing to help supply all citizens from different countries with food and drink.”

While Vietnam has brought nearly all of its workers back home, many other countries still have a great number of stranded workers in Tunisia which has caused an overload for the Zazit airport.

Most evacuees from Libya want to get back home soon after spending so many days at refugee camps without the basic necessities.

A guest worker evacuated from Libya said, “I want to return to my home country today. We all hope so, too. I have been waiting for five days and wish our government will bring us home as soon as possible. We are very tired here and only want to get back home.”