The Embassy of Vietnam in Thailand has been closely coordinating with authorities of both countries to bring home a group of Vietnamese citizens stranded at a Thai airport because of COVID-19-triggered travel restrictions.
A group of five Vietnamese citizens stranded at Bangkok’s Survanabhumi International Airport in Thailand because of COVID-19-triggered travel restrictions. (Photo: VNA)
Bangkok (VNA) – The Embassy of Vietnam in Thailandhas been closely coordinating with authorities of both countries to bring homea group of Vietnamese citizens stranded at a Thai airport because ofCOVID-19-triggered travel restrictions.
According to the embassy, a group of five Vietnamesenationals from Burkina Faso have been trying to find a way home for more than twoweeks after getting on board an Ethiopia Airlines flight on March 21.
They transited Ethiopia and arrived at Bangkok’s SurvanabhumiInternational Airport in Thailand on March 25, where they were scheduled tocatch a connecting flight to Hanoi the same day. However, the group missed itand could not get another flight home because none was available.
They have been repeatedly refused entry by Thai authorityfor not being able to present evidence of negative testing for the SARS-CoV-2 that cause COVID-19 as well as a health insurance covering at least 100,000 USD.
The situation has become worse after Thailand declared astate of emergency on March 26 to contain the spread of the virus, introducingmore rigorous restrictions including the closing of all border crossings andban of entry of all foreigners.
The Vietnamese embassy has been actively working with Thaiauthorities to seek a proper solution for the stranded people. It has providedthem with food and other necessities and helped them file a request to Thaiauthorities requiring not to be sent back to Ethiopia.
On April 5, many Vietnamese expats in Thailand donated food and necessary supplies to these people in response to the call of the embassy.
The embassy advised Vietnamese citizens worldwide to notselect Thailand as a transit destination to avoid such situation andrecommended Vietnamese in Thailand to strictly comply with local preventivemeasures against the widely-spreading disease./.
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A group of five Vietnamese citizens stranded at Bangkok’s Survanabhumi International Airport in Thailand because of COVID-19-triggered travel restrictions. (Photo: VNA)
