Workers successfully evacuated from Libya

(VOV) -Vietnam Airlines has successfully evacuated all 458 Vietnamese labours of Korean Huyndai Engineering Construction from war ravaged Libya.

The last flight carrying 180 Vietnamese workers departed at 23.00 on August 11 from Cairo, Egypt and is scheduled to land in Noi Bai International Airport at 13.00 on August 12.

Vinamex Company Deputy Director Do Xuan Chien said all 458 Vietnamese workers have successfully and safely been evacuated to Cairo on five flights of Libyan Airlines.

Tran Tam Anh, Second Secretary of the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt, said that a group of 33 Vietnamese workers will travel by road to Egypt via Salloum border gate. The embassy is working to ensure entry into Egypt for the labourers. 

In early August, 25 workers also fled by car to Egypt through Salloum border gate. 

By mid-July, Vietnam had 1,750 workers in Libya, including 281 working in war-torn areas of Tripoli and Benghazi. 
As of August 11, 626 Vietnamese workers in Libya had returned to Vietnam.

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