“We were infuriated to hear of the two bomb attacks that took place in Kampala on July 11, which left many people dead and injured,” Mrs Nga said in response to correspondents’ query on Vietnam’s reaction to the incidents at a press conference in Hanoi on July 13.

“We send our sincere condolences to the Ugandan government and the families of the victims and strongly condemn such attacks against civilians and believe the perpetrators must be properly punished,” she said.

On the same day, State President Nguyen Minh Triet sent a message of condolence to Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.

World media reported that more than 64 people were killed and 70 others wounded in the two bomb blasts targeting innocent spectators watching the World Cup final in Kampala.