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The Hanoitimes - The repatriation has started from April 10 and all returnees need to undergo mandatory quarantine upon arrival. Vietnam has brought home more than 13,300 citizens who were in need in different parts of the world amid the global health crisis. Vietnamese people on way home. Photo: Vietnam Airlines “As many as 13,323 returnees who were stranded in many countries and territories have been back to homeland on 55 repatriation flights since April 10,” Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said at a press conference on July 16. Hang said that since the spread of Covid-19 from the beginning of the year, many countries have imposed movement restrictions and suspended commercial flights, leaving a number of Vietnamese people stranded across the world. For that reason, Vietnamese authorities have cooperated with foreign countries’ agencies and airlines to make repatriation flights possible. The repatriation has closely followed requirements on temperature screening and mandatory quarantine, Hang said in a statement. She added that Vietnam would continue operating repatriation flights basing on demand and domestic quarantine capacity. Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Photo: MOFA Regarding cheats that may happen online to Vietnamese people who need to return home, the spokesperson said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Consular Department and overseas Vietnamese missions have publicized news and ticket buying procedures to provide official information on the repatriation. With the registration for flights home, authorized agencies have a list of people in deed and the authorities themselves email each person involved. “We advise Vietnamese people to closely follow instructions by the Vietnamese missions abroad and proceed with the ticket buying only when receiving email from those agencies,” Hang warned. Earlier this month, Vietnam’s Prime …

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The Hanoitimes - Hanoi said it has offered financial support and assistance to people in need. Consulate General of Vietnam in Houston has been keeping a close eye on situation of Vietnamese people in Texas after the state has been hit by freezing weather, a spokesperson from Hanoi said. Winter snows trouble traffic in Texas. Photo: AP/VNA The Vietnamese mission has been available all day night and worked with the local government to take citizen protection solutions when needed, said Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang of Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Consulate General has proactively worked with the communities of Vietnamese-Americans and students to make financial support and necessary assistance to people in need, Hang said at a press conference on February 25. People in need should contact the Vietnamese mission in the US or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ hotline at +84-981-848-484. According to the Consulate General, most of 300,000 Vietnamese-Americans in Texas have been affected by the winter storms that cause blackout, water shortage, and lack of essential goods for weeks. Even more tragically, four members in a Vietnamese-American family died of fire. The historic freezing weather has left impact on the lives of 29 million people in the state. …

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>>> COVID-19 under sound control nationwide: health minister >>> Vietnam logs no COVID-19 infections on Feb 25 morning From February 23 to 25, the Military Command of Quang Binh Province coordinated with the province’s Department of Health to conduct free testing for more than 1,000 enlisted citizens. On February 24, the People's Committee of Can Tho City agreed to perform COVID-19 testing for young people joining military service in 2021. Citizens returning to Can Tho from the epidemic-risk areas in particular are offered PCR quick tests. Hanoi has finished testing for 3,659 citizens participating in military service and 854 citizens in police service (including the reserve force). The test samples have been sent to Hanoi Centre for Disease Control and the results will be announced on the afternoon of February 25. According to the Department of Health of Thanh Hoa Province, from late January up to now, the surveillance system in Thanh Hoa has reviewed, traced, monitored, isolated and sampled 5,399 citizens, with 7,012 tests carried out. 59 foreign experts isolated at FLC Hotel had their first negative test results for SARS-CoV-2 virus and more than 3,500 young people preparing to join the army have also tested negative. Medical staff guide citizens in making medical declarations when they come for medical examination and treatment at Bim Son General Hospital, Thanh Hoa Province. (Photo: NDO/Mai Luan) On February 24, Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee Standing Deputy Secretary Le Van Hieu said that from February 25, localities in the northern province will simultaneously organise testing for SARS-CoV-2 for those working in husbandry and agricultural production, aimed at facilitating the export and consumption of Hai Duong agricultural products in the domestic market while ensuring safety against COVID-19. On the same day, Vice Chairman of Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee Luu Van Ban asked Kim Thanh District to …

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