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PM asks for plans to bring home workers from Libya

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on August 4 urged the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to urgently make plans to bring home all Vietnamese workers from Libya before the situation becomes worse.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on August 4 urged the Ministry of Labour,Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) to urgently make plans to bringhome all Vietnamese workers from Libya before the situation becomesworse.

At first, the ministry needs to promptlytake 281 people working in the two areas of hostilities, the capitalTripoli and Bengazi city, to Vietnam while halting the sending ofVietnamese workers to Libya.

The ForeignMinistry and Vietnamese representative agencies in Libya were requiredto keep a close watch on the situation and actively work with theMOLISA to take measures to ensure the safety of Vietnamese citizens inLibya.

At the same time, PM Dung also gave thenod to the use of the Overseas Labour Support Fund to buy flight ticketsfor Vietnamese workers in case that their employers cannot afford topay.-VNA
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