The staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand talk to Vietnamese citizens stranded at Thailand airport (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – About 100 Vietnamese citizens, who had been stranded while making a transit in international airports of Thailand and Singapore due to thesecountries’ COVID-19-related movement control orders, were supported to comeback home on March 24.
Right after grasping the citizens’ situation, the VietnameseMinistry of Foreign Affairs directed Vietnam’s representative diplomaticoffices in Thailand and Singapore to contact with the citizens for furtherinformation and work with local relevant offices and airlines to seek suitableflights.
The Vietnamese offices patiently discussed withrepresentatives from Thai Airways and Singapore Airlines to bring the citizensback home on the day.
Amid complicated development of the COVID-19 outbreakworldwide, many countries and territories have restricted or closedinternational routes, and refused passengers' transit,while many airlines have stopped carrying passengers, cancelled flights andchanged regulations on freight transportation.
To ensure the safety and health of citizens and to avoiddifficulties in travel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommended Vietnamesecitizens avoid non-essential travel between countries and returning to Vietnamat this time, comply with the host countries' pandemic countermeasures,regularly update regulations of the host countries and airlines, and sufficient documents, especially those on health status, as required.
To get support, citizens are advised to contact citizenprotection hotlines posted on official websites of overseas Vietnameserepresentative offices and the Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department, or thedepartment’s citizen protection call centre 84.981.84.84.84./.
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