Overseas Vietnamese

A total of 266 Vietnamese citizens were brought home from Kuwait, Qatar, and Egypt on June 15th and 16th thanks to joint efforts by the Vietnamese embassies in the three countries, Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways and relevant agencies of the host nations.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Switzerland on June 14th handed over masks from the Vietnamese government to the Vietnamese community through the Association of Vietnamese Intellectuals and Experts in Switzerland (AVIES) and the Vietnamese Student Association in the host country.

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang provided information about 22 Vietnamese citizens stuck in Nepal at a press conference.

Vietnamese representative agencies in the US have reported that there have been no Vietnamese citizens affected by the protests in the country, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

Vice State President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh presented decisions on appointment to 12 new ambassadors for the 2020 - 2023 tenure at a ceremony held in Hanoi on June 9th.

More than 340 Vietnamese citizens in the US were brought home safely from San Francisco airport on June 7th and 8th.

More than 300 Vietnamese in Sweden, Finland and other European countries were brought home safely from Stockholm and Helsinki airports on June 5th and 6th.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany has called on the Vietnamese community in the country to continue observing regulations and warnings against the COVID-19 pandemic set by the host government.

Nearly 340 Vietnamese citizens have been brought home safely from the UK on a flight that landed down in Vietnam on June 4th.

During a meeting held in Washington DC on June 2nd with the Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc, Adam Boehler, CEO of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) highly appreciated the effective bilateral cooperation to produce and distribute medical supplies and protective equipment as a means of fighting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

​In response to the call of the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia, over the past time, the Vietnamese Liaison Committees in Malaysia’s states have organized humanitarian activities to help hundreds of people in difficult circumstances amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

A total of 344 Vietnamese citizens were brought home on June 1st and 2nd thanks to concerted efforts by Vietnamese authorities and representative agencies in the two countries, national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and relevant Australian and New Zealand agencies.

The Vietnamese Government presented 25,000 medical masks to overseas Vietnamese expatriates in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on June 1st, to help the fight against COVID-19.

After two months of quarantine, the COVID-19 pandemic in Russian Federation has begun to ease. About 500 Vietnamese restaurants in Moscow, the centre of the pandemic in Russia, are also impacted.

More than 340 Vietnamese citizens in Singapore arrived at Can Tho International Airport on a flight of Vietnam Airlines on May 31st.

More than 340 Vietnamese citizens in Singapore arrived at Can Tho International Airport on a repatriation flight on May 31st.

The Hoa Lam Group of Vietnam and the Germany-based GEDU International company presented the Invest Region Leipzig with 100,000 medical face masks, 10,000 pairs of gloves, and SARS-CoV-2 test kits at Leipzig airport in Saxony state on May 29th.

Vietnamese citizens in Switzerland wishing to return home amid the COVID-19 pandemic can register online with the Vietnamese Embassy in the country.

A flight of Vietnam Airlines brought nearly 340 Vietnamese citizens in the Republic of Korea (RoK) home and landed Da Nang International Airport on May 27th.

The Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa on May 26th presented a package of food and protective equipment to a representative of Mbizana district, Eastern Cape province - one of the localities hardest hit by COVID-19.

LOTUS, a health care centre set up under Vietnam-Poland cooperative efforts, is supporting Vietnamese people in the European country free of charge in handling testing procedures for COVID-19.

The Vietnamese Youth and Student Association in Japan (VYSA) is organizing a charitable activity named CHARITY BOOK with the message “A book can also spread a lot of compassion”.

Sen Vang (Golden Lotus) Charitable Association presented 10,000 face masks and 10,000 pairs of gloves to the Berlin administration on May 25th.

Vietnamese business people in Cambodia on May 25th presented gifts to support poor Vietnamese - Cambodian people seriously impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Phnom Penh.

11 Vietnamese students and 1 Vietnamese child were infected with COVID-19 in St. Petersburg city, Russia, as of May 22nd.

Relevant agencies, representative agencies of Vietnam in Europe and Africa and Vietnam Airlines on May 23rd and 24th coordinated with local authorities to conduct flights bringing over 300 Vietnamese citizens home safely under the direction of the Prime Minister.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc has held phone talks with US Congressman Ami Bera, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation, on the comprehensive partnership between the two countries and bilateral cooperation in the fight against COVID-19.

Nearly 240 Vietnamese citizens in Myanmar were brought home safely on a flight of Vietjet Air on May 21st.

As many as 343 Vietnamese citizens currently stuck in Australia and New Zealand due to COVID-19 pandemic outbreak are scheduled to be brought home on June 1st.

​The Vietnamese Embassy in Geneva, Switzerland held a ceremony gathering local representative offices of Vietnam to pay respect to President Ho Chi Minh on May 19th to commemorate his 130th birthday (May 19th, 1890 – May 19th, 2020).