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382 more Vietnamese workers arrive in Egypt from Libya

An additional 382 Vietnamese workers in Libya arrived at the Cairo International Airport, Egypt, on Feb. 27 morning.
An additional 382 Vietnamese workers in Libya arrived at the Cairo International Airport, Egypt, on Feb. 27 morning.

Those workers, who work for Huyndai AJMCO of the Republic of Korea (RoK), came to Egypt through Salloum border gate.

Huyndai AMCO pledged to buy air tickets for them soon to go home andensure essential needs for the Vietnamese workers during their transit.

So far, 709 Vietnamese workers have come to Egyptthrough Salloum border gate. Of them, 185 employees of Sona and Woncompanies of the RoK have returned to Vietnam .

The VietnameseEmbassy in Egypt is coordinating with relevant agencies andenterprises to complete necessary procedures for Vietnamese workers toreturn home. The embassy also provided food and drinks to those workersduring their stay in Egypt .

According to the VietnameseEmbassy in Libya , 44 Vietnamese workers of SVLido of Libya are on theway to Egypt through Salloum border gate.

The embassy addedthat Turkey had sent a list of over 700 Vietnamese workers who arescheduled to enter Egypt through Salloum border gate./.
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