The KNU says nearly 200 Burmese soldiers were killed in a five-month battle, Over 4,000 illegal Burmese arrested in Thailand in one month The KNU says nearly 200 Burmese soldiers were killed in a five-month battle, Over 4,000 illegal Burmese arrested in Thailand in one month

The KNU says nearly 200 Burmese soldiers were killed in a five-month battle, Over 4,000 illegal Burmese arrested in Thailand in one month

တပ်မဟာ ၅ တစ်လတိုက်ပွဲ စစ်တပ်က ၂၀၀ နီးပါးသေဆုံးကြောင်း KNU ပြော  ကရင်အမျိုးသားအစည်းအရုံး KNU တပ်မဟာ (၅) ထိန်းချုပ်နယ်မြေဖြစ်တဲ့ ဖာပွန်ခရိုင် ထဲမှာ ဇန်နဝါရီ တစ်လအတွင်း တိုက်ပွဲပေါင်း ၃၂၂ ကြိမ်ဖြစ်ပွားခဲ့ပြီး စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်ဘက် က ဒုတပ်ရင်းမှူးအဆင့်ရှိသူတစ်ဦး အပါအဝင် ၁၉၄ ဦး သေဆုံးခဲ့ကြောင်း KNU - မူတြော် သတင်းစဉ်က ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၂ ရက် မနေ့က ထုတ်ပြန်ပါတယ်။  ဇန်နဝါရီလထဲမှာ စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်တွေနဲ့ ကရင့်အမျိုးသားလွတ်မြောက်ရေးတပ်မတော် (KNLA) တို့ နေ့စဉ်လိုလို တိုက်ပွဲများဖြစ်ပွားခဲ့ပြီး KNLA ဘက်ကလည်း သုံးဦး သေဆုံးခဲ့ တယ်လို့ ဆိုပါတယ်။  အဲဒီတိုက်ပွဲတွေအတွင်း စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်ဘက်က တပ်ရင်းမှူး၊ တပ်ခွဲမှူးအဆင့်တွေ အပါအဝင် ၂၀၁ ဦး ဒဏ်ရာရခဲ့ပြီး KNLA ဘက်ကလည်း ၁၂ ဦး ဒဏ်ရရခဲ့တယ်လို့ ထုတ်ပြန်ချက်မှာပါရှိပါတယ်။  ဒါ့အပြင် စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်တွေရဲ့ ပစ်ခတ်မှုတွေကြောင့် အရပ်သား ငါးဦး သေဆုံးခဲ့သလို ၁၈ ဦး ထိခိုက်ဒဏ်ရာရှိခဲ့တယ်လို့ KNLA က ဆိုပါတယ်။  ဒီထုတ်ပြန်ချက်ပါ ထိခိုက်သေဆုံးမှုတွေနဲ့ ပတ်သက်လို့ RFA အနေနဲ့ သီးခြားအတည် ပြုနိုင်ခြင်းမရှိသေးသလို စစ်ကောင်စီပြောခွင့်ရ ပြန်ကြားရေး ဒုဝန်ကြီး ဗိုလ်ချုပ် ဇော်မင်းထွန်း ကိုလည်း ဆက်သွယ်ဖို့ ကြိုးစားနေပါတယ်။  ကရင်ပြည်နယ်က တိုက်ပွဲတွေအတွင်း စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်ဘက်က ထိခိုက်မှုအရေအတွက်နဲ့ ပတ်သက်ပြီး ယခင်က KNU ရဲ့ ထုတ်ပြန်ချက်တွေအပေါ်မှာတော့ စစ်ကောင်စီဘက်က ငြင်းဆိုထားပါတယ်။  ပြီးခဲ့တဲ့ ဇန်နဝါရီလထဲမှာပဲ KNU တပ်မဟာ (၅) နယ်မြေထဲကို စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်ဘက်က လေယာဉ်နဲ့ သုံးကြိမ် လာရောက်တိုက်ခိုက်ခဲ့ပြီး ဗုံး ၁၄ လုံးကြဲချခဲ့တယ်လို့ KNU ရဲ့ မနေ့ကထုတ်ပြန်ချက်မှာ ဖော်ပြထားပါတယ်။ ဒါ့အပြင် အရပ်သားတွေ လုပ်ကိုင်စား သောက်တဲ့ လယ်ယာ၊ ခြံမြေများထဲကို လက်နက်ကြီးကျည် ၁၈၂ လုံး ပစ်ခတ်ခဲ့တယ် လို့လည်း ထုတ်ပြန်ချက်မှာပါရှိပါတယ်။   ထိုင်းမှာ တစ်လအတွင်း တရားမဝင် မြန်မာ လေးထောင်ကျော် အဖမ်းခံရ  ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံကို မြန်မာရွှေ့ပြောင်းလုပ်သားတွေ တရားမဝင်နည်းနဲ့ ဝင်ရောက်မှုတွေ သိသိသာသာများလာနေပြီး ဇန်နဝါရီလ တစ်လအတွင်း မြန်မာအလုပ်သမား ၄ဝဝဝ ကျော် ထိုင်းမှာ အဖမ်းခံခဲ့ရတယ်လို့ အလုပ်သမားအရေး ဆောင်ရွက်သူတွေက ပြောပါတယ်။  မြန်မာနိုင်ငံမှာ ဖြစ်နေတဲ့ နိုင်ငံရေး၊ စီးပွားရေး၊ စစ်ရေး အခက်အခဲတွေကြောင့် အလုပ်အကိုင် ရှားပါးလာတာ၊ တရားဝင်သွားဖို့ နိုင်ငံကူးလက်မှတ်တွေ လုပ်တဲ့အခါမှာ ခက်ခဲတာတွေကြောင့် ပွဲစားတွေကို ငွေပေးပြီး ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံကို တရားမဝင်နည်းတွေနဲ့ အများအပြားလာနေကြတာလို့ ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံမှာ မြန်မာအလုပ်သမားအရေး ကူညီနေတဲ့ ပညာရေးနဲ့ ဖွံ့ဖြိုးတိုးတက်ရေးအဖွဲ့(FED)က အလုပ်သမားရေးတာဝန်ခံ ဦးမင်းဦးက ပြောပါတယ်။  ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံက ခရီးသွားလုပ်ငန်းနဲ့ ဝန်ဆောင်မှုလုပ်ငန်းတွေမှာ ရွှေ့ပြောင်းလုပ်သား ရှစ်သိန်း အရေးပေါ်လိုအပ်နေပြီး အမြန်ဆုံးခေါ်ယူဖို့ ထိုင်းစက်မှုလက်မှုလုပ်ငန်းအဖွဲ့ချုပ် (FTI) က ထိုင်းအစိုးရကို မကြာခင်ရက်ပိုင်းကပဲ တင်ပြထားပြီး ခေါ်ယူမဲ့အထဲမှာ မြန်မာအလုပ်သမား လေးသိန်းလောက် ခေါ်ယူဖို့ ရှိတယ်လို့ ဦးမင်းဦးက ပြောပါတယ်။  ပြီးခဲ့တဲ့ ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ် အတွင်း တရားမဝင်မြန်မာရွှေ့ပြောင်းအလုပ်သမား ခြောက်သောင်းလောက် ဖမ်းဆီးခံခဲ့ရတယ်လို့ ထိုင်းအလုပ်သမားအရေး ဆောင်ရွက်သူတွေက ပြောပါတယ်။  ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံရဲ့ စီးပွားရေးလုပ်ငန်းတွေမှာ အလုပ်သမားလိုအပ်ချက်တွေကြောင့် မြန်မာအပါအဝင် ကမ္ဘာဒီးယား၊ လာအို အိမ်နီးချင်း သုံးနိုင်ငံက ရွှေ့ပြောင်းအလုပ်သမား လေးသိန်းကျော်ကို နှစ်နိုင်ငံသဘောတူညီမှု စာချွန်လွှာ (MOU)စနစ်နဲ့ ပြန်လက်ခံဖို့ ထိုင်းအစိုးရက ပြီးခဲ့တဲ့ သြဂုတ်လတုန်းက စီစဉ်ခဲ့ပေမဲ့ အခုထိ မြန်မာရွှေ့ပြောင်းလုပ်သားတွေ ဝင်ခွင့်မရသေးပါဘူး။    The KNU says nearly 200 Burmese soldiers were killed in a five-month battle  A total of 322 clashes took place in Hpapun district under the control of the Karen National Union (KNU) 5th Brigade in January, killing 194 people, including a deputy battalion commander in the military council.  In January, clashes between the military council and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) took place on a daily basis, killing three KNLA members.  During those battles, the battalion commander, A statement from the KNLA said that 201 people were wounded, including 12 battalion commanders.  The KNLA said five civilians were killed and 18 wounded in the shelling.  RFA has not been able to confirm the casualties in the statement, and is trying to contact the military council's deputy information minister, General Zaw Min Tun.  The KNU has denied previous KNU statements on the number of casualties in the fighting in Karen State.  The KNU said in a statement yesterday that it had dropped three bombs in the KNU Brigade 5 area in January alone and dropped 14 bombs. In addition, there are farms and villages where civilians work and eat. The statement said 182 artillery shells were fired into the fields.   Over 4,000 illegal Burmese arrested in Thailand in one month  More than 4,000 Burmese migrant workers were arrested in Thailand in January alone, according to labor activists. The political and economic situation in Myanmar. Business; Due to the military crisis, there is a shortage of jobs. Min Oo, a labor official with the Burmese Education and Development Association (FED) in Thailand, said brokers were paying a large number of illegal immigrants to Thailand because of difficulties in obtaining legal passports.  Min Oo said the Thai Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTI) had recently submitted a letter to the Thai government urging the government to recruit 800,000 migrant workers in Thailand's tourism and service industries.  Thai labor activists say about 60,000 illegal Burmese migrant workers were arrested in 2021.  Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar are facing labor shortages in Thai businesses. Last August, the Thai government arranged for the repatriation of more than 400,000 migrant workers from Laos' three neighbors under a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), but so far no Burmese migrants have been allowed to enter.

The KNU says nearly 200 Burmese soldiers were killed in a five-month battle


A total of 322 clashes took place in Hpapun district under the control of the Karen National Union (KNU) 5th Brigade in January, killing 194 people, including a deputy battalion commander in the military council.

In January, clashes between the military council and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) took place on a daily basis, killing three KNLA members.

During those battles, the battalion commander, A statement from the KNLA said that 201 people were wounded, including 12 battalion commanders.

The KNLA said five civilians were killed and 18 wounded in the shelling.

RFA has not been able to confirm the casualties in the statement, and is trying to contact the military council's deputy information minister, General Zaw Min Tun.

The KNU has denied previous KNU statements on the number of casualties in the fighting in Karen State.

The KNU said in a statement yesterday that it had dropped three bombs in the KNU Brigade 5 area in January alone and dropped 14 bombs. In addition, there are farms and villages where civilians work and eat. The statement said 182 artillery shells were fired into the fields.


Over 4,000 illegal Burmese arrested in Thailand in one month

More than 4,000 Burmese migrant workers were arrested in Thailand in January alone, according to labor activists.

The political and economic situation in Myanmar. Business; Due to the military crisis, there is a shortage of jobs. Min Oo, a labor official with the Burmese Education and Development Association (FED) in Thailand, said brokers were paying a large number of illegal immigrants to Thailand because of difficulties in obtaining legal passports.

Min Oo said the Thai Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTI) had recently submitted a letter to the Thai government urging the government to recruit 800,000 migrant workers in Thailand's tourism and service industries.

Thai labor activists say about 60,000 illegal Burmese migrant workers were arrested in 2021.

Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar are facing labor shortages in Thai businesses. Last August, the Thai government arranged for the repatriation of more than 400,000 migrant workers from Laos' three neighbors under a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), but so far no Burmese migrants have been allowed to enter.

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Tôi cho rằng nếu quy kết ngay là tiêu cực từ Chính phủ hay cao hơn nữa... thì chưa có cơ sở. Nhưng để xảy ra tiêu cực như vậy là quản lý không sâu sát. Tức cấp trên không biết cấp dưới làm như thế nào, thực chất hay giả vờ... Trong lúc làm lợi dụng trục lợi một cách quá đáng, vé máy bay đang từ năm sáu trăm lên ba ngàn, tức gấp năm gấp sáu lần. Trong lúc dịch bệnh, bà con hoang mang, không có nguồn thu mà còn bị bắt chẹt như thế. Tôi cho rằng khâu quản lý của chính phủ có khuyết điểm. Nếu như ở những nước tự do khác như Nhật Hàn thì tôi tin chắc Bộ trưởng và Thủ tướng đã từ chức... Nhưng ở VN nó khác.”  Khi xảy ra đại dịch vào đầu năm 2020, Chính phủ Việt Nam ra lệnh tạm ngừng nhập cảnh đối với tất cả người nước ngoài và người gốc Việt được miễn visa vào Việt Nam, do lo ngại lây lan dịch COVID-19. Thực tế là kể từ thời điểm đó, Chính phủ đã ngưng hoàn toàn các chuyến bay quốc tế thương mại nhập cảnh vào Việt Nam. Chỉ có một vài chuyến bay mỗi tháng tại các nước do Đại sứ quán tổ chức đưa người Việt về, mà báo chí nhà nước gọi là “các chuyến bay giải cứu”, mới được nhập cảnh.  Do đó, hàng ngàn người Việt, bao gồm lao động, du học sinh, khách du lịch ở các nơi như Nhật Bản, Dubai, Hong Kong… hết hạn hợp đồng, bị mất việc hoặc hết hạn visa, không thể hồi hương.  Khi đó, Thủ tướng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc đã đồng ý đưa người Việt từ nước ngoài trở về và phải cách ly tập trung. Bộ Ngoại giao cho biết, trong hai năm qua, Việt Nam đã tổ chức khoảng 800 chuyến bay giải cứu đến 60 vùng lãnh thổ. Tuy nhiên, tất cả những người mà Đài Á châu Tự do phỏng vấn khi đó cho biết rất khó khăn để có thông tin về lịch trình hay các chuyến bay về Việt Nam.  Nhưng thực tế hai năm qua, nhiều chuyến bay giải cứu đã về đến Việt Nam, những người được về phải trả giá vé máy bay và chi phí cách ly rất cao, thậm chí gấp nhiều lần giá thực tế.  gia-cuu.jpg Hình minh hoạ: Công dân Việt Nam chờ lên máy bay từ Singapore về Việt Nam hôm 7/8/2020. Reuters.  Theo phản ánh của nhiều người dân và đã được báo chí trong nước loan tin, giá vé một chiều giải cứu người về từ Mỹ và Canada đã lên tới 52 - 58 triệu đồng một vé cao gấp đôi mức giá thông thường. Đó là chưa kể thủ tục giấy tờ rườm rà, người về nước dù đã tiêm đủ vắc-xin cũng phải cách ly. Theo phản ánh của người Việt tại Mỹ thì chi phí cách ly khoảng 500.000 đồng/ phòng/người chỉ có bữa ăn sáng, hay đến 1,5 triệu đồng/phòng/người có ba bữa.  Giờ đây đáng lẽ họ phải sửa chữa sai lầm, nhưng ông Phạm Minh Chính lại đưa ra một chính sách sai lầm tiếp. Đó là không tiếp tục sử dụng các hãng hàng không trong nước để đưa công dân trở về, mà ông lại cấp phép cho các hãng nước ngoài. -Luật sư nhân quyền Nguyễn Văn Đài  Trả lời RFA từ Đức Quốc hôm 2/2, Luật sư nhân quyền Nguyễn Văn Đài, nhận định:  “Chuyện liên quan các đại lý bán vé máy bay, các Tòa Đại sứ, sau này là Cục Lãnh sự... đã lùm xùm từ giữa năm 2020. Lúc đó tôi đã có viết cảnh báo tình trạng này, nhưng mà đến bây giờ phát hiện chuyện Cục Lãnh sực cấu kết để nâng giá vé chặt chém người Việt Nam có nhu cầu trở về nước trong hai năm qua. Khi phát hiện ra như vậy thì đã quá muộn, vì đã có 200 ngàn người bị bóc lột hết sức tàn tệ. Giờ đây đáng lẽ họ phải sửa chữa sai lầm, nhưng ông Phạm Minh Chính lại đưa ra một chính sách sai lầm tiếp. Đó là không tiếp tục sử dụng các hãng hàng không trong nước để đưa công dân trở về, mà ông lại cấp phép cho các hãng nước ngoài. Trong khi ba hãng của VN là Bamboo Airways, Vietjet Air và Vietnam Airlines... cũng đang gặp khó khăn khi thiếu vắng đường bay và hành khách, mà bay giờ cho nước ngoài bay thì hãng trong nước sẽ khó khăn nhiều hơn.”  Theo Luật sư Nguyễn Văn Đài, chính sách cũ của Việt Nam đã sai lầm thì bây giờ chính sách mới còn sai lầm hơn. Không những làm hại các hãng hàng không của Việt Nam, mà còn hại cho cả người dân Việt Nam.  Cho đến ngày 1/2/2022, Bộ Giao thông- Vận tải đã ban hành quy định, người mang quốc tịch Việt Nam ở nước ngoài muốn về nước từ nay sẽ không phải trải qua bất cứ xét duyệt nào, mà chỉ cần tuân thủ các quy định về phòng/chống dịch.  Bộ này cũng đồng ý cho các hãng hàng không được phép bán vé cho tất cả công dân Việt Nam ở nước ngoài về nước. Cục Hàng không Việt Nam ngay sau đó cũng thông báo việc cấp phép ngay cho các hãng hàng không chở công dân về nước trên các chuyến bay thường lệ và không thường lệ mà không yêu cầu bất kể văn bản xét duyệt nhân sự nào.  Theo Bộ Ngoại giao Việt Nam, hiện còn rất nhiều công dân Việt Nam mắc kẹt tại nước ngoài do dịch COVID- 19. Tại khu vực Trung Đông và Phi Châu có hơn 600 người Việt vẫn chưa thể về.    Scandal "rescuing citizens": Why haven't the Ministers and Prime Ministers resigned?  Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 31, 2022 requested to urgently rescue Vietnamese citizens stuck abroad because of the COVID-19 epidemic. However, at the meeting, Mr. Chinh did not accept any responsibility for the "rescue citizens" scandal.  Previously, on January 28, 2022, Lieutenant General To An Xo - Chief of the Office of the Ministry of Public Security told the press that the Director, Deputy Director and two officials of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had just been prosecuted and arrested. jailed for accepting bribes when making flights to rescue citizens stuck abroad during the recent COVID-19 outbreak.  Officials including Nguyen Thi Huong Lan - Director of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Do Hoang Tung - Deputy Director of the Department, Le Tuan Anh - Chief of the Office and Luu Tuan Dung - Deputy of the Citizens Protection Department committed misconduct. violations in the process of approving permits for companies to carry out flights to bring Vietnamese citizens home from abroad.  If in other free countries like Japan and Korea, I'm sure the Minister and Prime Minister would have resigned But in Vietnam it's different. -Journalist Vo Van Tao  Journalist Vo Van Tao, when answering RFA from Vietnam on February 2, commented:  “When the epidemic happened before, the whole world was tense, but not in Vietnam, there was a mentality of many people wanting to return. Of course, there are also many people who do not have to work or study because of the epidemic. At that time, there was a policy to bring their relatives back. But recently, the Ministry of Public Security prosecuted four figures of the Consular Department - Ministry of Foreign Affairs related to the rescue. While you are in trouble, there are very bad people who raise the ticket price for you... like these four, the law has touched and the possibility of these four people facing prison terms."  However, journalist Vo Van Tao said that the policy of bringing people home is not only of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , but with the consent and direction of the Politburo and the Government:  “Why is it so negative? I think that if the immediate attribution is negative from the Government or higher... then there is no basis. But for such a negative to happen, the management is not thorough. That is, the superiors do not know how the subordinates do it, actually or pretend... While taking advantage of excessive profits, the plane ticket is going from five to six hundred to three thousand, which is five times six times more. . During the epidemic, people were confused, had no income, but were caught like that. I think the government's management is flawed. If in other free countries like Japan and Korea, I'm sure the Minister and Prime Minister would have resigned, But in Vietnam it's different."  When the pandemic occurred in early 2020, the Vietnamese Government ordered to suspend entry for all foreigners and people of Vietnamese origin who were exempt from visas to enter Vietnam, due to concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. In fact, since that time, the Government has completely stopped commercial international flights entering Vietnam. Only a few flights a month to countries organized by the Embassy to bring Vietnamese people home, which the state press calls "rescue flights", are allowed to enter.  Therefore, thousands of Vietnamese people, including workers, international students, tourists in places like Japan, Dubai, Hong Kong... have expired contracts, lost jobs or expired visas, unable to return home.  At that time, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc agreed to bring Vietnamese people back from abroad and have to be isolated in concentration. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the past two years, Vietnam has organized about 800 rescue flights to 60 territories. However, all the people that Radio Free Asia interviewed at the time said it was difficult to get information about schedules or flights to Vietnam.  But in fact, in the past two years, many rescue flights have returned to Vietnam, and those returning have to pay very high airfares and isolation costs, even many times the actual price.  As reflected by many people and has been reported by the domestic press, the one-way ticket price to rescue people from the US and Canada has reached 52-58 million VND per ticket, twice the normal price. Not to mention cumbersome paperwork, people returning home even though they have had enough vaccines, must also be isolated. According to Vietnamese people in the US, the isolation cost is about 500,000 VND/room/person with only breakfast, or up to 1.5 million VND/room/person with three meals.  Now they should have corrected the mistake, but Mr. Pham Minh Chinh introduced another wrong policy. That is not continuing to use domestic airlines to bring citizens back, but he licensed foreign airlines. -Human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai  Responding to RFA from Germany on February 2, human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, commented:  “Things related to air ticket agents, embassies, later the Consular Department... have been around since mid-2020. At that time I wrote a warning about this situation, but until now now discovered that the Consular Department colluded to raise the ticket price to chop off Vietnamese people wishing to return home in the past two years. When it was discovered, it was too late, because 200,000 people had been badly exploited. Now they should have corrected the mistake, but Mr. Pham Minh Chinh introduced another wrong policy. That is not continuing to use domestic airlines to bring citizens back, but he licensed foreign airlines. While three Vietnamese airlines, Bamboo Airways, Vietjet Air, and Vietnam Airlines... are also facing difficulties due to the lack of routes and passengers.  According to Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, the old policy of Vietnam was wrong, now the new policy is even more wrong. Not only harming Vietnam's airlines, but also harming the Vietnamese people.  Until February 1, 2022, the Ministry of Transport has issued regulations, Vietnamese nationals abroad who want to return home from now on will not have to go through any review, but only need to comply with the regulations. comply with regulations on epidemic prevention/control.  The ministry also allows airlines to sell tickets to all Vietnamese citizens abroad to return home. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam also immediately announced the issuance of permits for airlines to bring citizens home on regular and irregular flights without requiring any personnel review documents.  According to Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are still many Vietnamese citizens stranded abroad due to the COVID-19 epidemic. In the Middle East and Africa, more than 600 Vietnamese have yet to return.

Scandal "rescuing citizens": Why haven't the Ministers and Prime Ministers resigned?


Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 31, 2022 requested to urgently rescue Vietnamese citizens stuck abroad because of the COVID-19 epidemic. However, at the meeting, Mr. Chinh did not accept any responsibility for the "rescue citizens" scandal.

Previously, on January 28, 2022, Lieutenant General To An Xo - Chief of the Office of the Ministry of Public Security told the press that the Director, Deputy Director and two officials of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had just been prosecuted and arrested. jailed for accepting bribes when making flights to rescue citizens stuck abroad during the recent COVID-19 outbreak.

Officials including Nguyen Thi Huong Lan - Director of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Do Hoang Tung - Deputy Director of the Department, Le Tuan Anh - Chief of the Office and Luu Tuan Dung - Deputy of the Citizens Protection Department committed misconduct. violations in the process of approving permits for companies to carry out flights to bring Vietnamese citizens home from abroad.

If in other free countries like Japan and Korea, I'm sure the Minister and Prime Minister would have resigned But in Vietnam it's different.
-Journalist Vo Van Tao

Journalist Vo Van Tao, when answering RFA from Vietnam on February 2, commented:

“When the epidemic happened before, the whole world was tense, but not in Vietnam, there was a mentality of many people wanting to return. Of course, there are also many people who do not have to work or study because of the epidemic. At that time, there was a policy to bring their relatives back. But recently, the Ministry of Public Security prosecuted four figures of the Consular Department - Ministry of Foreign Affairs related to the rescue. While you are in trouble, there are very bad people who raise the ticket price for you... like these four, the law has touched and the possibility of these four people facing prison terms."

However, journalist Vo Van Tao said that the policy of bringing people home is not only of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , but with the consent and direction of the Politburo and the Government:

“Why is it so negative? I think that if the immediate attribution is negative from the Government or higher... then there is no basis. But for such a negative to happen, the management is not thorough. That is, the superiors do not know how the subordinates do it, actually or pretend... While taking advantage of excessive profits, the plane ticket is going from five to six hundred to three thousand, which is five times six times more. . During the epidemic, people were confused, had no income, but were caught like that. I think the government's management is flawed. If in other free countries like Japan and Korea, I'm sure the Minister and Prime Minister would have resigned, But in Vietnam it's different."

When the pandemic occurred in early 2020, the Vietnamese Government ordered to suspend entry for all foreigners and people of Vietnamese origin who were exempt from visas to enter Vietnam, due to concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. In fact, since that time, the Government has completely stopped commercial international flights entering Vietnam. Only a few flights a month to countries organized by the Embassy to bring Vietnamese people home, which the state press calls "rescue flights", are allowed to enter.

Therefore, thousands of Vietnamese people, including workers, international students, tourists in places like Japan, Dubai, Hong Kong... have expired contracts, lost jobs or expired visas, unable to return home.

At that time, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc agreed to bring Vietnamese people back from abroad and have to be isolated in concentration. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the past two years, Vietnam has organized about 800 rescue flights to 60 territories. However, all the people that Radio Free Asia interviewed at the time said it was difficult to get information about schedules or flights to Vietnam.

But in fact, in the past two years, many rescue flights have returned to Vietnam, and those returning have to pay very high airfares and isolation costs, even many times the actual price.

As reflected by many people and has been reported by the domestic press, the one-way ticket price to rescue people from the US and Canada has reached 52-58 million VND per ticket, twice the normal price. Not to mention cumbersome paperwork, people returning home even though they have had enough vaccines, must also be isolated. According to Vietnamese people in the US, the isolation cost is about 500,000 VND/room/person with only breakfast, or up to 1.5 million VND/room/person with three meals.

Now they should have corrected the mistake, but Mr. Pham Minh Chinh introduced another wrong policy. That is not continuing to use domestic airlines to bring citizens back, but he licensed foreign airlines.
-Human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai

Responding to RFA from Germany on February 2, human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, commented:

“Things related to air ticket agents, embassies, later the Consular Department... have been around since mid-2020. At that time I wrote a warning about this situation, but until now now discovered that the Consular Department colluded to raise the ticket price to chop off Vietnamese people wishing to return home in the past two years. When it was discovered, it was too late, because 200,000 people had been badly exploited. Now they should have corrected the mistake, but Mr. Pham Minh Chinh introduced another wrong policy. That is not continuing to use domestic airlines to bring citizens back, but he licensed foreign airlines. While three Vietnamese airlines, Bamboo Airways, Vietjet Air, and Vietnam Airlines... are also facing difficulties due to the lack of routes and passengers.

According to Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, the old policy of Vietnam was wrong, now the new policy is even more wrong. Not only harming Vietnam's airlines, but also harming the Vietnamese people.

Until February 1, 2022, the Ministry of Transport has issued regulations, Vietnamese nationals abroad who want to return home from now on will not have to go through any review, but only need to comply with the regulations. comply with regulations on epidemic prevention/control.

The ministry also allows airlines to sell tickets to all Vietnamese citizens abroad to return home. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam also immediately announced the issuance of permits for airlines to bring citizens home on regular and irregular flights without requiring any personnel review documents.

According to Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are still many Vietnamese citizens stranded abroad due to the COVID-19 epidemic. In the Middle East and Africa, more than 600 Vietnamese have yet to return.

Presiden Jokowi bagikan SK Hutan Sosial dan sertifikat tanah di Sumut  Jakarta (ANTARA) - Presiden Joko Widodo dijadwalkan membagikan Surat Keputusan (SK) Hutan Sosial, SK Tanah Objek Reforma Agraria (TORA), dan sertifikat tanah untuk rakyat dalam rangkaian kunjungan kerja hari kedua di Sumatra Utara, Kamis.  Kunjungan kerja Presiden Jokowi diawali dengan menyeberang dari Pelabuhan Ambarita, Kabupaten Samosir, menuju Pelabuhan Ajibata, Kabupaten Toba. Dengan menumpangi KMP Kaldera Toba, Presiden dan rombongan lepas sauh sekitar pukul 08.00 WIB.  "Dari Pelabuhan Ajibata, Presiden akan melanjutkan perjalanan ke Bandara Sibisa, Kabupaten Toba, untuk kemudian lepas landas menggunakan Helikopter Super Puma TNI AU menuju Helipad Kantor Bupati Humbang Hasundutan," berdasarkan keterangan resmi Biro Pers Sekretariat Presiden yang diterima di Jakarta, Kamis.  Di Kabupaten Humbang Hasundutan, Presiden dijadwalkan melakukan penanaman pohon di Desa Simangulampe, Kecamatan Bakti Raja.  Tak jauh dari lokasi penanaman pohon, Presiden akan membagikan Surat Keputusan (SK) Hutan Sosial dan SK Tanah Objek Reforma Agraria (TORA).  Selepas acara, Presiden diagendakan kembali menuju Helipad Kantor Bupati Humbang Hasundutan untuk kemudian lepas landas dengan helikopter menuju Helipad Stadion Utama Sidikalang, Kabupaten Dairi.  Kepala Negara kemudian menuju Lapangan Sudirman untuk menyerahkan sertifikat tanah untuk rakyat.  Presiden direncanakan membagikan bantuan langsung tunai bagi para pedagang di Pasar Induk Sidikalang sebelum kemudian lepas landas menuju Pangkalan Udara Soewondo, Kota Medan, dengan menggunakan helikopter.  Sejumlah Menteri Kabinet Indonesia Maju turut mendampingi Presiden dalam kunjungan kerja ini, yaitu Menteri Koordinator Bidang Kemaritiman dan Investasi Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Menteri Pariwisata dan Ekonomi Kreatif Sandiaga Uno, Menteri Pekerjaan Umum dan Perumahan Rakyat Basuki Hadimuljono dan Gubernur Sumatra Utara Edy Rahmayadi.     President Jokowi distributes Social Forest Decree and land certificates in North Sumatra  Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Joko Widodo is scheduled to distribute a Social Forest Decree (SK), Agrarian Reform Object Land Decree (TORA), and land certificates for the people during his second working visit to North Sumatra, Thursday.  President Jokowi's working visit began with crossing from Ambarita Port, Samosir Regency, to Ajibata Port, Toba Regency. By boarding the Toba Caldera KMP, the President and his entourage took off at around 08.00 WIB.  "From Ajibata Port, the President will continue his journey to Sibisa Airport, Toba Regency, and then take off using the TNI AU Super Puma Helicopter to the Humbang Hasundutan Regent's Office Helipad," according to an official statement from the Presidential Secretariat Press Bureau received in Jakarta, Thursday.  In Humbang Hasundutan Regency, the President is scheduled to plant trees in Simangulampe Village, Bakti Raja District.  Not far from the tree planting location, the President will distribute a Social Forest Decree (SK) and an Agrarian Reform Object Land Decree (TORA).  After the event, the President is scheduled to return to the Helipad of the Regent's Office Humbang Hasundutan to then take off by helicopter to the Helipad of Sidikalang Main Stadium, Dairi Regency.  The Head of State then headed to Sudirman Square to hand over land certificates to the people. The President is planned to distribute direct cash assistance to traders at the Sidikalang Main Market before then taking off to Soewondo Air Base, Medan City, by helicopter.  A number of Ministers of the Advanced Indonesian Cabinet accompanied the President on this working visit, namely Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno, Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono and Governor of North Sumatra Edy Rahmayadi.

President Jokowi distributes Social Forest Decree and land certificates in North Sumatra


Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Joko Widodo is scheduled to distribute a Social Forest Decree (SK), Agrarian Reform Object Land Decree (TORA), and land certificates for the people during his second working visit to North Sumatra, Thursday.

President Jokowi's working visit began with crossing from Ambarita Port, Samosir Regency, to Ajibata Port, Toba Regency. By boarding the Toba Caldera KMP, the President and his entourage took off at around 08.00 WIB.

"From Ajibata Port, the President will continue his journey to Sibisa Airport, Toba Regency, and then take off using the TNI AU Super Puma Helicopter to the Humbang Hasundutan Regent's Office Helipad," according to an official statement from the Presidential Secretariat Press Bureau received in Jakarta, Thursday.

In Humbang Hasundutan Regency, the President is scheduled to plant trees in Simangulampe Village, Bakti Raja District.

Not far from the tree planting location, the President will distribute a Social Forest Decree (SK) and an Agrarian Reform Object Land Decree (TORA).

After the event, the President is scheduled to return to the Helipad of the Regent's Office Humbang Hasundutan to then take off by helicopter to the Helipad of Sidikalang Main Stadium, Dairi Regency.

The Head of State then headed to Sudirman Square to hand over land certificates to the people.
The President is planned to distribute direct cash assistance to traders at the Sidikalang Main Market before then taking off to Soewondo Air Base, Medan City, by helicopter.

A number of Ministers of the Advanced Indonesian Cabinet accompanied the President on this working visit, namely Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno, Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono and Governor of North Sumatra Edy Rahmayadi.

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