In response to questions from reporters on Vietnam’s reaction to the attacks, spokesperson Nguyen Phuong Nga said, “We are both sorrowed and outraged by the bomb blasts that struck the Lybyanka and Park Kultury stations in central Moscow, killing and injuring dozens of people.”

She went on to say that Vietnam strongly condemns these acts of terrorism and believes that the culprits will soon be brought to justice and severely punished.

The Vietnamese Government and people expressed their sincere condolences to the Russian Government and people and especially the families of the victims of the explosions, she said.

Ms Nga quoted relevant Russian and Vietnamese agencies as saying no Vietnamese were killed or injured in the bomb attacks.

*** The same day President Nguyen Minh Triet sent a message of condolence to Russian President D. Medvedev.