780 Vietnamese citizens supported to return home from Myanmar: Ministry

The Vietnam Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security said on December 6 that it has coordinated with relevant agencies to receive 780 Vietnamese citizens returning home from Myanmar amid complicated developments of the situation in this country.
780 Vietnamese citizens supported to return home from Myanmar: Ministry
780 Vietnamese citizens supported to return home from Myanmar, said the Vietnam Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security. (Photo: WVR)

Accordingly, following directions of Deputy Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. Luong Tam Quang, the department has actively coordinated with the Consular Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar to verify and issue passports serving citizen protection, and organise flights to bring them home.

780 Vietnamese citizens supported to return home from Myanmar: Ministry
Following directions of Deputy Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. Luong Tam Quang, the department has actively coordinated with the Consular Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar to verify and issue passports serving citizen protection

It has worked with relevant units to verify information to support citizens as quickly as possible and issue passports for 1,068 people. As of December 6, a total of 780 people had been supported to return home on six charter flights.

780 Vietnamese citizens supported to return home from Myanmar: Ministry
It has worked with relevant units to verify information to support citizens as quickly as possible and issue passports for 1,068 people.

The department added that it and relevant agencies will organise more charter flights this week to bring home Vietnamese citizens still stranded in Myanmar.

780 Vietnamese citizens supported to return home from Myanmar: Ministry
As of December 6, a total of 780 people had been supported to return home on six charter flights.

They will be divided into groups for repatriation, and the first arrived in Vietnam on December 4. Most of the evacuees are young, including those working at online gambling establishments in northern states of Myanmar, abandoned by employers, and stranded there due to conflicts between the host country’s military and local ethnic minorities.

780 Vietnamese citizens supported to return home from Myanmar: Ministry

As many as 338 Vietnamese citizens stranded in the conflict zone in the north of Myanmar were safely evacuated to the homeland on December 4.

Vietnamese who remain stranded or need help can phone the Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar via its citizen protection hotline +959660888998; or the MoFA’s Consular Department via the citizen protection switchboard +84 981 84 84 84, +84 965 41 11 18, or email baohocongdan@gmail.com.

780 Vietnamese citizens supported to return home from Myanmar: Ministry
The department and relevant agencies will organise more charter flights this week to bring home Vietnamese citizens still stranded in Myanmar.
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(Source: WVR/VNA)