The Vietnamese Embassy in Turkey and the embassy in Iran and Syria have delivered letters of sympathies from Vietnam to local administrations over the losses in the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese soldiers from the Collapse Rescue Team of the Army Corps of Engineers and sniffer dogs discovered three locations of earthquake victims during the first day of their ongoing rescue operation in Turkey.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu, who is also Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA), has extended sympathy to and shared earthquake-induced difficulties of the Vietnamese community in Turkey.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will provide Turkey and Syria with US$100,000 each as relief aid to support their recovery efforts following a devastating earthquake that hit both countries on February 6, announced Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security’s search and rescue team raced with time to save survivors from the rubble in Turkey on their third working day following the devastating earthquake.

An international rescue delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security on February 12 presented medical equipment and supplies weighing two tonnes to Turkey, recently affected by a devastating earthquake, through this country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).

Seventy six military personnel of Vietnam departed for Turkey on February 12 night to assist the country in recovery efforts following a devastating earthquake.

VOV.VN - The rescue mission led by the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security successfully pulled out three dead bodies from the rubble of collapsed buildings on February 12 during the second day of their ongoing rescue operation in Turkey.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Turkey has sent a working delegation to southeastern provinces joining search and rescue activities for victims of an earthquake that devastated this part the country on February 6.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of National Defence has decided to send 80 Vietnamese soldiers to Turkey to help the Middle Eastern country with ongoing search and rescue efforts following the recent earthquake which has so far killed 21,000.