The first flight carrying 283 passengers, operated by Vietnam Airlines, is scheduled to depart from Bucharest in Romania Monday and land in Hanoi a day later, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Romania pick up Vietnamese citizens evacuated from Ukraine on March 4, 2022.

The second flight, operated by Bamboo Airways, will bring home 270 people from Warsaw in Poland Thursday.

Upon landing, all returnees will be tested and isolated based on Covid-19 safety protocols.

The ministry also said more than 2,000 Vietnamese have been evacuated from war-torn Ukraine to neighboring countries.

More than 1,000 people have gone to Poland, 370 to Romania, 190 to Hungary and more than 40 to Slovakia. In addition, 200 Vietnamese citizens are being transported from Moldova to Romania.

Vietnamese authorities will continue the evacuation of Vietnamese citizens and family members from dangerous areas in Ukraine to neighboring countries and repatriate those in need depending on the situation, the ministry said.

According to official statistics, there are around 7,000 Vietnamese in Ukraine, mainly in Kharkiv, Odessa and Kiev.

Russian forces have pounded Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv with artillery and cruise missiles for over a week now, and many parts of Ukraine are now in danger.

Public Security Ministry to issue citizens with e-identification accounts from February 25

The Police Department for Administrative Management of Social Order (C06) under the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), has announced at a press conference held in Hanoi, that electronic identification accounts are schedule to be provided for all citizens, when requested from February 25.

36 flights carry over 2,000 Vietnamese citizens back home

From January 31 to February 7, foreign airlines conducted 36 regular and irregular flights transporting 2,055 Vietnamese passengers from Taiwan (China), Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan and the Middle East and Turkey back home.

Nearly 200,000 Vietnamese citizens flown home from abroad: spokeswoman

Vietnamese authorities and representative agencies abroad have worked closely with domestic and foreign airlines to conduct over 800 flights carrying home nearly 200,000 Vietnamese citizens from over 60 countries and territories, amid the complicated developments of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.

99.2 percent of Bac Giang citizens aged over 18 receive at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot

(BGO)- Bac Giang province has provided more than 6,800 Covid-19 vaccine shots to students from 12 to below 15 as of December 1. On this day, the districts of Tan Yen, Luc Ngan, Hiep Hoa and Bac Giang city vaccinated over 4,700 students at this age.

HCMC considers $38 mln Tet support for pandemic affected citizens

The HCMC labor department has proposed a VND870 billion ($38.3 million) Lunar New Year support package for those who've been badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Source: VnExpress