On a flight repatriating Vietnamese citizens from India (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs andother representative agencies of Vietnam in India are working closely with competent agencies and airlines in Vietnam to prepare plans to support Vietnamesecitizens and arrange flights to bring them home when necessary in conformity with developments of thepandemic, the ministry's Vice Spokesman Doan Khac Viet said on April29.
At the ministry’s regular press conference, Viet saidright after new COVID-19 developments were reported in India and a number ofSoutheast Asian nations, the ministry directed Vietnamese representative agenciesthere to prepare citizen protection measures and closely coordinate with localcompetent agencies to get updated on the situations with a special focus on treating Vietnamese citizens in need.
He said that these Vietnamese agencies have continuallyposted relevant updates on their official websites and recommended Vietnamesecitizens raise their awareness on pandemic control and follow relatedregulations of the host nations.
At the ministry’s regular press conference, Viet saidright after new COVID-19 developments were reported in India and a number ofSoutheast Asian nations, the ministry directed Vietnamese representative agenciesthere to prepare citizen protection measures and closely coordinate with localcompetent agencies to get updated on the situations with a special focus on treating Vietnamese citizens in need.
He said that these Vietnamese agencies have continuallyposted relevant updates on their official websites and recommended Vietnamesecitizens raise their awareness on pandemic control and follow relatedregulations of the host nations.
They have been making efforts to maintain and set up more communicationschannels for Vietnamese communities and ensure ready supplies of necessitiesto aid the citizens when needed, Viet stressed.
Vietnamese citizens can visit the Vietnamese Embassy inIndia’s official website (www.vietnam.embassy.dehli.vn)or call its hotline +9173036225588 to get updated.
In Cambodia, they can either call the embassy’s phone number +85597020561 or the citizen protection line +84981848484.
Regarding reporters’ queries on an announcement of Malaysian authorities on April 26 on the arrest of three Vietnamese fishingvessels allegedly involving in illegal fishing on the country’s territorial waters, the ViceSpokesman said the ministry had promptly directed the Vietnamese Embassy to immediately contact local competentagencies, requesting humanitarian treatment for fishermen, to verify relevantinformation, and to proactively conduct necessary citizen protection measures.
Vietnamese citizens can visit the Vietnamese Embassy inIndia’s official website (www.vietnam.embassy.dehli.vn)or call its hotline +9173036225588 to get updated.
In Cambodia, they can either call the embassy’s phone number +85597020561 or the citizen protection line +84981848484.
Regarding reporters’ queries on an announcement of Malaysian authorities on April 26 on the arrest of three Vietnamese fishingvessels allegedly involving in illegal fishing on the country’s territorial waters, the ViceSpokesman said the ministry had promptly directed the Vietnamese Embassy to immediately contact local competentagencies, requesting humanitarian treatment for fishermen, to verify relevantinformation, and to proactively conduct necessary citizen protection measures.
Vice Spokesman Doan Khac Viet speaks at the press conference (Photo: VNA) The embassy also requested the Malaysian side to provide all documents andevidence related to the vessels, which could serve as the basis for Vietnamesecompetent agencies to investigate and handle them if there was anyviolation.
Vietnam consistently advocates the development of fishingtowards sustainability with a focus on the conservation and promotion ofaquatic resources, environmental protection, and international cooperation, hestated.
Vietnamese fishermen are educated all the time on having torespect the laws of Vietnam and other countries as well as relevant internationalcommitments of Vietnam, Viet said. They have been told not to intrudeupon territorial waters belonging to other coastal countries’ sovereignty and sovereignty rights defined in the 1982 United NationsConvention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Viet added./.
Vietnam consistently advocates the development of fishingtowards sustainability with a focus on the conservation and promotion ofaquatic resources, environmental protection, and international cooperation, hestated.
Vietnamese fishermen are educated all the time on having torespect the laws of Vietnam and other countries as well as relevant internationalcommitments of Vietnam, Viet said. They have been told not to intrudeupon territorial waters belonging to other coastal countries’ sovereignty and sovereignty rights defined in the 1982 United NationsConvention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Viet added./.
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