Almost all of the remaining Vietnamese workers were evacuated from conflict-hit Libya to neighboring Tunisia on Wednesday. Only two Vietnamese nationals remain working there, an official said Wednesday.

>> 38 more Vietnamese workers evacuated from violence-stricken Libya Of the175 people, 103 were evacuated by buses from Misrata, a city in northwestern Libya; while the remaining 72 were bussed from Ghadamis, an oasis town in the same region, yesterday afternoon, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Libya, Dao Duy Tien. The workers are now waiting in Tunisia for flights back to Vietnam, Ambassador Tien said.  This is considered the last evacuation of Vietnamese workers from Libya, where ongoing conflicts have escalated, Tien said. The evacuation was jointly conducted by the Vietnamese Embassy in Libya, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), and the companies that sent workers to the north African country. Meanwhile, two Vietnamese workers have decided to continue working in Ghadamis, against advice from the ambassador, their families, and the Vietnamese company that sent them to Libya. Regarding the three Vietnamese workers who have been missing since late July, when they left their work place on their own,  Ambassador Tien said both Vietnamese and Libyan authorities are searching for them, but their whereabouts remain unknown. In February 2011, more than 10,000 Vietnamese workers were evacuated from Libya and sent back to Vietnam to avoid the political unrest at that time. Vietnamese workers were not allowed to return to Libya until July 2012, when the MOLISA permitted labor exporters to resume their supply of laborers. Libya is the only country in Africa that has signed a labor cooperation contract with Vietnam. By mid-July 2014, Vietnam had 1,750 workers in 15 locations across Libya, namely Tripoli, Ghademesh, Jalut, Misrata, Sirte, Qubbah, Ra's Lanuf, Naffora, El Sharara, Amal, Brega, Ajdabiya, Benghazi, Sebha, and Ubari, according to the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department.

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