VN to soon complete evacuation of workers from Libya

VGP - Việt Nam will complete the evacuation of all the Vietnamese workers from Libya in a few days’ time, said the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

March 07, 2011 7:02 PM GMT+7

Some 7.639 Vietnamese guest workers in Libya have returned home by 6pm on March 7, reported the MOLISA’s Overseas Workers Management Department.

The figure will rise to 8,200 by the end of the same day as some flights are on the way home, the MOLISA said, adding that the last flight will land at Nội Bài Airport on March 9.

Meanwhile, 1,117 others are on a cruise ship going home and is expected to arrive Hải Phòng harbor in the following few days.

As of March 7, total 10.334 Vietnamese workers who worked in Libya had all left that country, according to the MOLISA./.

By Hải Minh