Three dedicated rescue teams are scheduled to leave on Feb. 28 evening to Tunisia, Egypt and Malta to help evacuate Vietnamese workers from Libya, said a top labour official.
At a working session with the teams on Feb. 28 afternoon, Vietnamese Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA)
Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said that the three rescue teams will help representative agencies and embassies in the evacuation.
The team to Tunisia is led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Doan Xuan Hung, to Egypt by Deputy Minister of MoLISA Nguyen Thanh Hoa and to Malta by Head of MoLiSA’s Overseas Labour Management Department Nguyen Ba Hai.
Earlier, the team to Turkey arrived and the team to Greece was expected to depart on March 2.
An additional 40 Vietnamese workers in Libya arrived home safely at 19:20hrs on Feb. 28, said Deputy Head of MoliSA’s Overseas Labour Management Department Nguyen Xuan Tao.
This has helped bring the number of workers returning home from Libya to 985, he added.
An additional 270 Vietnamese workers were expected to return home by air on March 1 and 900 others the next day.
As many as 5,200 Vietnamese workers have been evacuated to neighbouring Libya countries, Tao added.
A Boeing 777 carrying eight tonnes of food for relief was scheduled to leave Egypt for home with 300 Vietnamese workers on board on the night of Feb. 28./.
At a working session with the teams on Feb. 28 afternoon, Vietnamese Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA)
Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said that the three rescue teams will help representative agencies and embassies in the evacuation.
The team to Tunisia is led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Doan Xuan Hung, to Egypt by Deputy Minister of MoLISA Nguyen Thanh Hoa and to Malta by Head of MoLiSA’s Overseas Labour Management Department Nguyen Ba Hai.
Earlier, the team to Turkey arrived and the team to Greece was expected to depart on March 2.
An additional 40 Vietnamese workers in Libya arrived home safely at 19:20hrs on Feb. 28, said Deputy Head of MoliSA’s Overseas Labour Management Department Nguyen Xuan Tao.
This has helped bring the number of workers returning home from Libya to 985, he added.
An additional 270 Vietnamese workers were expected to return home by air on March 1 and 900 others the next day.
As many as 5,200 Vietnamese workers have been evacuated to neighbouring Libya countries, Tao added.
A Boeing 777 carrying eight tonnes of food for relief was scheduled to leave Egypt for home with 300 Vietnamese workers on board on the night of Feb. 28./.
