Nine Vietnamese victims of Egypt bomb attack arrive home
The first nine out of 12 Vietnamese tourists injured in a recent bomb attack in Egypt arrived at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City in the afternoon of January 1.
Saigontourist representatives talk to the tourists after they landed at Tan Son Nhat airport (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The first nine out of 12Vietnamese tourists injured in a recent bomb attack in Egypt arrived atTan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City in the afternoon of January 1.
According to initial plan, only eight persons in good healthconditions would fly home first, but one more was deemed to be fit enough to gohome after health checkups.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City-based travel agencySaigontourist, which organised the seven-day Egyptian tour for the group, theremaining three tourists are being treated at the Sheikh Zayed SpecializedHospital. They are recovering well and are likely to go back to Vietnam thisweekend.
At a working session between Nguyen Huu Y Yen, GeneralDirector of Saigon Tourist, and relevant sides, it was agreed that thebodies of three tourists killed during the incident will be brought home on January2.
The Vietnamese tourists were victims of a bombing in Egypt onDecember 28. Their bus was hit by a bomb at 18:15 (local time) on the way tothe airport to return home after a trip to Giza pyramids, concluding their seven-daytour organised by Saigontourist. Three Vietnamese tourists and one Egyptianguide were killed in the bombing.-VNA
The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt has identified three Vietnamese victims who were killed when a roadside bomb blast hit their tour bus near the world-famous Giza pyramids at 18:15 on December 28 (local time).
Vietnamese Ambassador to Eygpt Tran Thanh Cong has affirmed that eight out of 12 Vietnamese people who were injured in the recent bomb attack in Cairo have completely recovered and could return home.
Egyptian Tourism Minister Rania Al-Mashat on December 29 affirmed that her ministry will coordinate with the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt to create favorable conditions for relatives of Vietnamese tourists who were killed and injured in the bomb blast in Giza to come to the country.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and Ho Chi Minh City will coordinate with competent agencies in the host country to send home eight Vietnamese victims of the December 28 bomb attack who are in good health or suffer from only light injuries.
The Vietnamese embassy in Egypt on December 31 had the last working session with the working team of Ho Chi Minh City to review and finalize the list of the nine tourists who suffered light injuries or were not injured in the earlier bomb attack to go back home in the first batch.
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Saigontourist representatives talk to the tourists after they landed at Tan Son Nhat airport (Photo: VNA) 
