On the afternoon of April 2, at the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Pham Thu Hang answered press questions about the situation of Vietnamese citizens in the Middle East region today.
Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said: "Implementing the direction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnamese representative agencies in Iran, Israel and neighboring countries have reviewed and summarized the aspirations of Vietnamese citizens in the host country, coordinated with relevant functional agencies, and are ready to deploy appropriate support plans.
Ms. Hang added that Vietnamese representative agencies in the Middle East region continue to maintain hotlines and implement measures to support citizens to return home or go to third countries safely.
So far, Vietnamese representative agencies have supported 556 Vietnamese citizens stranded in the Middle East" - the spokesperson informed.
Vietnamese citizens in Iran, Israel and neighboring countries need to continue to monitor information from local authorities, warnings from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Vietnamese representative agencies in the region.
In case of emergency or difficulty, Vietnamese citizens can immediately contact the 24/7 citizen protection hotlines of Vietnamese representative agencies in Iran, Israel and neighboring areas or the Citizen Protection Switchboard of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for emergency support.
Some information on citizen protection hotlines at Vietnamese representative offices in the Middle East:
Vietnamese Embassy in Iran (concurrently in Iraq and Syria): Phone number: +989339658252 (direct call); +989334609074 (WhatsApp, Viber)
Embassy of Vietnam in Israel: +972 55 502 5616; +972 50 878 3373. Email: giooctv.mofa@gmail.com; thuynb.mofa@gmail.com
Embassy of Vietnam in UAE (cum-Jordan): Phone number: +971 50 129 9789 (WhatsApp); +971 56 998 3688 (WhatsApp). Email: vnemb1@emirates.net.ae
Vietnamese Embassy in Saudi Arabia (concurrently in Oman, Bahrain, Yemen): Phone number: +966 59 573 1500; +966 54 069 5668; +966 56402 7319; +966 56 402 7310; +966 50 039 5148. Email: vnemb.sa@mofa.gov.vn
Embassy of Vietnam in Qatar: +974 7708 8920. Email: vietnamembassy.doha@gmail.com
Embassy of Vietnam in Kuwait: +965 9975 8155, +965 9982 2568, +965 9782 3639 (WhatsApp). Email: vnemb.kw@gmail.com
Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt (cum-Lebanon): +201040808993. Email: consul.vnemb.eg@gmail.com
Citizen protection hotline of the Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs: +84 981848484 or +84 965411118. Email: baohocongdan@gmail.com.
