More Vietnamese workers flee Libya as fighting rages

More Vietnamese workers flee Libya as fighting rages

The labourers had gone to Libya to work for the “Gubba Housing Project” project of South Korean Hyundai Engineering Company (HEC) in Gubba province.

HEC shut down the project and is evacuating all of its Vietnamese workers to Cairo. The workers are scheduled to return to Hanoi on three flights of Vietnam Airlines.

Hanoi-base HEC office Chief Representative Jung Byung Hun said his company is covering all travel costs to help the Vietnamese guest workers fly home safe and sound from August 9 to 11 with a frequency of one flight/day.

In the face of escalating violence in Libya, HEC is actively coordinating with Vietnamese relevant agencies to assist local workers in possible way to return home, he said.

Meanwhile, the Egyptian government has loosened travel restrictions allowing Vietnamese workers to transit at Cairo airport 72 hours to wait for their flights instead of 12 hours as before.

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