The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on January 4 sent a working delegation, led by Minister Nguyen Duc Minh, to Ishikawa prefecture, which was hardest hit by the earthquake that occurred on January 1 to assess the situation and provide assistance for Vietnamese citizens facing difficulties there.
The Public Interest Foundation International Manpower Development Organization (IM Japan) has affirmed the safety of all Vietnamese interns under its management who are working in Toyama, Fukui and Ishikawa prefectures that were hit by the massive earthquake on January 1.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 2 sent a message of sympathy to his Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio over huge losses in human lives and property caused by a massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Ishikawa prefecture and adjacent areas in central Japan on January 1.
As of 9 pm on January 1, there had been no Vietnamese people reported dead or injured in the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that hit central Japan earlier the same day, according to Vietnam Embassy in Japan.
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Red Cross Society will send another US$600,000 to Syria as part of efforts to help overcome the consequences of the February earthquake, raising the total aid from the Vietnamese Government and people to the Middle East nation to US$900,000.
VOV.VN - Vietnam and Turkey issued a joint statement on the occasion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Ankara on November 29 - 30.
VOV.VN - Turkey attaches great importance to strengthening multi-faceted cooperation with Vietnam, a country with a particularly important position in Southeast Asia, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
VOV.VN - Tall buildings in Vietnam’s Hanoi capital have shaken after a strong earthquake jolted a border area between China and Myanmar on November 17 morning.
The Vietnamese Embassy in charge of Pakistan and Afghanistan announced on September 9 that there have been no reported Vietnamese casualties in a recent earthquake in Afghanistan.
VOV.VN - An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale hit Kon Plong district of the Central Highland province of Kon Tum on the morning of September 22, following detection by the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Centre under the Institute of Geophysics of Vietnam.