Vietnamese Embassy in Canada warns citizens against unlicensed flights
The Vietnamese Embassy in Canada has warned Vietnamese citizens against engaging in financial transactions with organisations or individuals that pledge to arrange flights back to Vietnam that are not licensed by the Vietnamese government.
Ottawa (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy in Canada haswarned Vietnamese citizens against engaging in financial transactions with organisationsor individuals that pledge to arrange flights back to Vietnam that are notlicensed by the Vietnamese government.
The Embassy made the warning after it and the ConsulateGeneral in Canada received reports that some organisations and individuals werecollecting deposits to organise flights to bring Vietnamese citizens in Canadaback to Vietnam.
The Embassy affirmed that Vietnamese representative agenciesin Canada are actively coordinating with authorised agencies back in Vietnam torespond to the wish to go back to Vietnam of Vietnamese citizens in accordancewith the Vietnamese Prime Minister’s instructions.
Under the Government’s instruction, priority will be given tochildren under 18 years old, the elderly and the sick when repatriation flightsare arranged, the Embassy said.
After such flights are licensed by the Government, therepresentative agencies will officially notify the citizens of the flights andrelevant information.
The Embassy asked the citizens to stay vigilant, and not toprovide their personal information and engage in financial transactions withorganisations and individuals that use the name of the representative agenciesto collect money for unlicensed flights.
Vietnamese representative agencies in Canada have received more than 1,100applications registering for repatriation flights so far, which have beentransferred to competent agencies at home for consideration./.
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