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Medical personnel spray sterilization on a plane at Noi Bai Airport, Hanoi – Photo: REUTERS
Today, many Vietnamese people are waiting to return home to “eat” the traditional Tet festival. The situation became difficult when the epidemic caused by the new strain of the corona virus (COVID-19) became complicated.
Because the new strain of the COVID-19 virus appeared and spread rapidly in some countries around the world, on January 5, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued a written request to limit flights bringing people. Vietnam from now until the Lunar New Year, or roughly mid-February 2021.
More information on the situation of Vietnamese returning home to celebrate Tet, on January 14, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Thi Thu Hang said that sending citizens back to Vietnam should also be in line with the epidemics in the world. , domestic and domestic insulation capacity.
“Over the last time, following the direction of the Prime Minister, the Vietnamese authorities have coordinated with Vietnamese representative offices in foreign countries, domestic and foreign airlines. 299 flights were organized, safely bringing more than 80,000 Vietnamese citizens from 60 countries and territories home.
When it is really necessary, each flight to collect people must be notified and agreed by the relevant ministries such as the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Transport … inform the Prime Minister for his consideration and decision, “Ms Thu Hang said at the regular press conference.
Information from Vietnamese diplomatic missions abroad also shows that many Vietnamese have registered to return home between now and the Lunar New Year.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is coordinating relevant ministries, branches, localities and agencies to investigate and develop plans to bring citizens with real urgent needs to return to the country, to ensure the principles of disease prevention. as well as the isolation capacity in the country, according to the spokesperson.
