The Gara de Nord railway station in Bucharest, Romania, has seen the arrival of many people evacuating from Ukraine. (Photo: VNA) These three cities also house themajority of Vietnamese in Ukraine.
Vietnam’s representative agencies inUkraine and neighbouring countries said as of 5pm on March 6, they had received morethan 2,600 Vietnamese people evacuated from war zones in Ukraine, includingover 1,700 to Poland, 290 to Hungary, about 600 to Romania, and over 40 to Slovakia.
The agencies have assisted them tohandle entry and transit procedures, and coordinated with authorities andVietnamese associations in the host countries to prepare transport,accommodation, and essential supplies for the evacuees.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is workingclosely with relevant ministries, sectors, agencies, and airlines to arrangetwo flights repatriating the Vietnamese and their families from Romania onMarch 7 and Poland on March 9.
Talking to the Vietnam News Agency, AmbassadorThach said on the first one - two days of the fighting, many Vietnamese peoplein Ukraine didn’t have intention to leave since their property and familieswere still there. However, after some houses of the community were damaged, hisembassy has resolutely demanded them to evacuate.
The embassy has coordinated with the Vietnamese communitiesin the three big cities of Ukraine to carry out the evacuation and alreadycompleted the task, he noted, adding that to those in smaller cities, it hasalso liaised and encouraged the expatriates to move to safer places.
Only the Vietnamese in Kherson, which is currently underRussian control, and Mariupol, encircled by Russian forces, haven’t been ableto leave.
The embassy is exerting efforts to work with diplomaticagencies of Ukraine and Russia, as well as international organisations, to evacuatethe Vietnamese people in these two cities. There are about 80 Vietnamese in Khersonand 100 others in Mariupol at present, Thach said.
He added the embassy always keeps in touch with Vietnameseassociations to grasp the situation, and that there haven’t been any reportsabout Vietnamese casualties in Ukraine.
Staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Poland work to handle procedures for the repatriation flight from Warsaw. (Photo: VNA) It has also asked the foreign ministry, border guardauthority, and committee for foreigners of Poland to facilitate Vietnamesepeople’s entry, transit, and temporary residency and ensure accommodation andessential supplies for them.
In Romania, the Vietnamese Embassy and community have also been exerting efforts to assist the Vietnamese people from Ukraine.
Ambassador Dang Tran Phong said more than 800 Vietnamese movedfrom Ukraine to Romania as of late March 6, and the figure is likely toincrease in the coming days.
The embassy has been coordinating closely with Vietnameseassociations to receive and arrange transport, accommodation, supplies, alongwith procedures for flying to the homeland for the expatriates, he added.
Phong also highly valued the solidarity andwholehearted support of the Vietnamese community in Romania, who have alwaysstayed united and greatly helped the evacuees.
Some Vietnamese people after arriving at the train station in Budapest, Hungary (Photo: VNA) Besides, the Vietnamese community in Hungaryhas also raised donations to the displaced citizens from Ukraine.
The embassy in Hungary received 290 Vietnamesepeople from Ukraine as of March 6, and about 50 others are on their way to Hungary,the diplomat said.
She added most of the Vietnamese fleeing toHungary only wish to seek temporary shelter and return to Ukraine once the situationthere is settled. Only a few of them want to move to another country in the EUlike Germany, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic. Those wishing to comeback to Vietnam have registered to move to Poland or Romania./.
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