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Spokeswoman: citizen protection for Vietnamese nationals going on

The Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department is working with domestic authorities to verify the identity of and provide citizen protection measures for Vietnamese nationals who recently escaped from a casino in Cambodia’s Kandal province and swam across Binh Ghi River to return home, said spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang on August 20.
Spokeswoman: citizen protection for Vietnamese nationals going on ảnh 1Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Foreign Ministry’s ConsularDepartment is working with domestic authorities to verify the identity of and providecitizen protection measures for Vietnamese nationals who recently escaped from acasino in Cambodia’s Kandal province and swam across Binh Ghi River to return home,said spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang on August 20.

Hang added that the ministry asked theVietnamese representative agencies in Cambodia to contact the host authorities andinspect the casino in Chrey Thum hamlet, Sampeou Poun commune, Kaoh Thomdistrict.

It also asked the Cambodian side to assist in finding the personwho went missing and investigate the case.

The Foreign Ministry and Vietnamese representative agencies inCambodia will continue keeping close track of the case as well as situation ofVietnamese guest workers, thus offering timely and necessary citizen protectionmeasures and protecting legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens,she said.

According to her, the Foreign Ministry and Vietnameserepresentative agencies in Cambodia have saved and brought home over 500citizens who were lured into working there, as well as offered support in procedures to thousands of others.

The Foreign Ministry asked concerned agenciesand domestic press to raise awareness of outgoing Vietnamese guest workers, shesaid.

Earlier on August 18 morning, a group of Vietnamesenationals were arrested by An Giang Border Guards.

They said a total of 42people tried to escape from the casino. Some have sustained minor injuries. Oneperson is missing and another, a 16-year-old male from Kon Tum province, was caughtby the casino staff in his attempt to escape./.

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