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Vietnam actively trying to bring citizens in US back home: Foreign Ministry

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Transport and Vietnam’s representative offices in the US are actively joining hands to assist the Vietnam Airlines in clearing necessary procedures and looking for suitable options to bring Vietnamese citizens in the US back home at the earliest possible date, the foreign ministry said on May 3.
Vietnam actively trying to bring citizens in US back home: Foreign Ministry ảnh 1San Francisco International Airport. (Source: Forbes)

Hanoi (VNA) –The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Transport and Vietnam’srepresentative offices in the US are actively joining hands to assist theVietnam Airlines in clearing necessary procedures and looking for suitableoptions to bring Vietnamese citizens in the US back home at the earliestpossible date, the foreign ministry said on May 3.

The ministry furthersaid that implementing the Prime Minister’s instruction and those of Vietnameseauthorities, the representative offices in the US have made a list of those inneed for Vietnamese authorities to organise flights to bring them back home fromthe US.

However, as theprocedures from the US side are related to various authorities, the VietnamAirlines has not received sufficient licenses needed to conduct the flights asscheduled, it added.

As many of thosecitizens have moved to the San Francisco International Airport waiting to fly backto Vietnam, the Vietnamese General Consulate in San Francisco has sent manyofficials to the facility to help them.

The ministry advisedthem to keep calm and observe seriously the host authorities’ regulations andguidance by Vietnamese representative offices. In case they need help, they cancontact the Vietnamese Embassy in the US at 001.202.716.8666/ 001.202.999.6938/001.202.999.6589, the Vietnamese General Consulate in San Francisco at001.415.619.2951 or 001.415.319.5446, the Vietnamese General Consulate inHouston at 001.346.775.0555, or the Vietnamese Consular Department at +84.981.84.84.84./.
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