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First repatriation flight from Ukraine lands in Hanoi

A Vietnam Airlines flight carrying 287 Vietnamese people leaving Ukraine arrived at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport at noon on March 8.
First repatriation flight from Ukraine lands in Hanoi ảnh 1A Vietnam Airlines flight carrying 287 Vietnamese people leaving Ukraine arrives at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport at noon on March 8. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A Vietnam Airlines flight carrying 287Vietnamese people leaving Ukraine arrived at Hanoi’s Noi Bai InternationalAirport at noon on March 8.

Departing from the Romanian capital city of Bucharest, it isthe first repatriation flight arranged and fully funded by the Government ofVietnam to bring home Vietnamese living in war-ravaged areas in Ukraine. Thepassengers included 71 children aged under 12.

First repatriation flight from Ukraine lands in Hanoi ảnh 2The returnees are welcomed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu at the airport. (Photo: VNA)
They were welcomed by Deputy Minister of Foreign AffairsPham Quang Hieu and representatives from the Vietnam Fatherland Front andconcerned ministries at the airport.

As of 5:00pm on March 6, more than 2,600 Vietnamesenationals had been evacuated from Ukraine by Vietnamese missions in Ukraine andneighbouring countries. Of the people, over 1,700 were moved to Poland, some290 to Hungary, nearly 600 to Romania, and more than 40 to Slovakia.

First repatriation flight from Ukraine lands in Hanoi ảnh 3The returnees are evacuated by the Vietnamese mission to Romania before boarding the flight home. (Photo: VNA)
The Vietnamese missions have assisted the people in completingrequired legal steps to enter these third countries and cooperated with localauthorities and Vietnamese associations to provide them with temporaryaccommodations, food and other necessities.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been busy workingwith concerned ministries and agencies and airlines for the takeoff of two repatriationflights. One from Romania has just arrived in Hanoi while the other will departfrom Poland on March 9./.
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