Vietnamese citizens advised to urgently leave Lebanon
The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and Lebanon on September 23 issued an urgent notice recommending Vietnamese citizens living and working in Lebanon leave the country when commercial flights are still operational, in the context of escalating and spreading conflict in the region.
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on Qantara, Lebanon on September 22, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and Lebanon on September 23 issued an urgent notice recommending Vietnamese citizens living and working in Lebanon leave the country when commercial flights are still operational, in the context of escalating and spreading conflict in the region.
In its notice, the embassy also advised Vietnamese citizens planning to travel to the Middle East country to suspend or cancel their trips until the situation stabilises. For those currently living and working in Lebanon, the embassy emphasised that if they cannot leave the country due to force majeure, they should remain vigilant, keep a close watch on developments on local media, minimise gatherings in crowded places, and avoid approaching the Lebanon-Israel border, the southern areas of Beirut, and the northern regions near the border with Syria.
The embassy urged Vietnamese citizens to find temporary shelters in safer areas and prepare a stock of food and medicine in case of worse situations.
The agency stated that it will continue to monitor the situation and keep close contact with citizens to prepare contingency plans in case of an emergency. It is also ready to coordinate with relevant authorities when evacuation or protection of citizens from Lebanon is necessary.
In case of an emerg🌺ency requiring assistance, citizens should contact the embassy via the hotline: 20 102 613 9869; the Vietnamese Honourary Consulate of Vietnam in Lebanon: 961 70 229 300; or the citizen protection hotline: 84 981 84 84 84./.
In the aftermath of a series of explosions involving pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon on September 17 and 18, the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt, which concurrently serves Lebanon, has confirmed that all Vietnamese nationals in the country remain safe.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 13 continued to warn Vietnamese citizens not to travel to Lebanon, Iran, and Israel at this time as tensions are escalating in the Middle East.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and Lebanon on August 8 advised the Vietnamese citizens in Lebanon to leave the country as soon as possible due to the deteriorating security situation in the region, particularly the escalating tensions between Israel and the force of Hezbollah.
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