Vietnamese concerned about Ukraine violence
(VOV) - About 5,000 Vietnamese residents in Ukraine’s Kharkov city are worried about their future lives and business operations following recent blood violence in the city.
Vu Dinh Thieng, member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Committee in Kharcov, told Vietnam Television on March 3, local Vietnamese residents have not felt at ease since bloody clashes spread to Kharkov from capital Kiev.
On March 2, a demonstration for peace in front of the city’s council hall later turned into a clash, injuring 100. Although the situation was brought under control, no one is sure violence could flare up at any time.
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Kharkov is home to about 5,000 Vietnamese people, accounting for more than 70% of the total Vietnamese residing in Ukraine. Most of them run business and reap success in the city.
Many Vietnamese fear their children will be forced to join the army following Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyk’s warning his crisis-hit country is on the ‘brink of disaster,’ Thieng said.
He added some Vietnamese residents have made evacuation plans while others are preparing necessary procedures to fly back to Vietnam in the event of a war.
Vietnamese-owned business operations have also been put at a serious disadvantage as high foreign currency exchange rates do not fuel sales.
Thieng said the Vietnamese association in Kharkov has updated the residents on new developments in the city and contacted relevant Vietnamese agencies in Ukraine to support them if the war breaks out.