State committee calls for OVs’ continued support for evacuees from Ukraine
The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (OV) Affairs (SCOV) on March 11 sent an open letter asking Vietnamese people’s associations in some European countries to continue helping with the evacuation of those from Ukraine.
Staff members of the Vietnamese Embassy in Poland help the evacuees from Ukraine handle procedures for boarding the repatriation flight on March 9. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The StateCommittee for Overseas Vietnamese (OV) Affairs (SCOV) on March 11 sent an openletter asking Vietnamese people’s associations in some European countries to continuehelping with the evacuation of those from Ukraine.
The SCOV under the Ministry of ForeignAffairs called on the associations in Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia,the Czech Republic and Germany to help the Vietnamese leaving Ukraine registerfor repatriation flights and make contact when necessary.
It noted that facing the complicatedsituation in Ukraine, many OVs there have moved to neighbouring countries andexpressed their wish to return to the homeland. To meet their legitimatedemand, under the Government’s directions, domestic authorities conducted a repatriationflight from Bucharest (Romania) on March 7 and another from Warsaw (Poland) onMarch 9.
After those flights, there remain manypeople wishing to come back to Vietnam, and authorities are maximising efforts,with businesses’ support, to arrange more repatriation flights, the SCOV said.
The committee asked the associationsto instruct the evacuees to stay updated with the announcements published onthe official websites of the Vietnamese embassies in Romania and Poland.
When official information aboutrepatriation flights is released, the evacuees need to liaise and register withthe embassies directly or via the registration links.
As some Vietnamese people havecontinued moving to some other countries like the Czech Republic and Germany,the embassies and associations of Vietnam there have also worked to disseminatethe host countries’ policies for people evacuating from Ukraine, according tothe SCOV.
The Vietnamese evacuees needingassistance can liaise with the embassies via the followings:
- The Vietnamese Embassy in Poland: website: vnembassy-warsaw.mofa.gov.vn; email: sqbl.covid@gmail.com; hotlines: (+48) 782 257 359; (+48) 22 742 01 00.
- The Vietnamese Embassy in Romania: website: vnembassy-bucharest.mofa.gov.vn; email: dangkychuyenbayvn@gmail.com; hotline: +40 744 645 037.
- The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic: citizen protection phone number: +420792392299.
- The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany: citizen protection phone number: +49 152 2133 5656./.
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Staff members of the Vietnamese Embassy in Poland help the evacuees from Ukraine handle procedures for boarding the repatriation flight on March 9. (Photo: VNA) 
