Vienam Airlines is set to conduct the first flight to repatriate Vietnamese people from Ukraine. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Facing the complicated situation in Ukraine, Vietnamese peoplethere will move to neighbouring countries and then take flights byVietnamese carriers to the homeland, an official has said.
Theaviation sector has been ready to repatriate Vietnamese people from Ukraine after the Prime Minister issued a dispatch on this issue, Dinh Viet Son, DeputyDirector of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), told the VietnamNews Agency on March 3.
Airlines’flight plans are now dependent on the Foreign Ministry’s information about thenumber of citizens to be repatriated and flight destinations, as well as licensesgranted by relevant countries, he said.
Thefirst flight is expected to go to Warsaw (Poland) on March 5 morning and beconducted by Vietnam Airlines, Son revealed, but it is still waiting for thiscountry’s permission.
Thenational flag carrier has made all-round preparations for performing theGovernment-assigned duty. Having operated many flights to Europe, it isentrusted with conducting the first to repatriate Vietnamese citizens fromUkraine.
Thesecond flight will go to Bucharest (Romania) and is planned to be conductedby Bamboo Airways, he added.
Datafrom the Ministry of Foreign Affairs show that there are about 7,000 Vietnamesepeople in Ukraine, mostly in the three major cities of Kyiv (800), Kharkiv(3,000), and Odessa (3,000).
TheCAAV said the repatriation plan now is that the citizens in Ukraine will go byroad to neighbouring countries, with those in Kyiv moving to Poland, in Kharkivto Russia, and in Odessa to Moldova or Romania, and then flights will bearranged to bring them from these countries back home.
Asit is unable to operate flights to Ukraine, which is currently a war zone,airlines have planned flights to destinations in nearby countries such as Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Russia, and Belarus.
Apartfrom these destinations, Vietnamese carriers are also ready to fly to any otherplaces under the Government’s plan in the principle of ensuring safety and thebest possible conditions for Vietnamese people and their families in Ukraine toreturn to the homeland, according to the CAAV./.
