Vice spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Doan Khac Viet updated information about measures to protect Vietnamese citizens abroad at a regular press conference of the ministry on April 20 afternoon.

VOV.VN -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh underlined the importance of creating an open legal corridor in line with the country's conditions and circumstances, while chairing the Government’s monthly law-making session on March 27 in Hanoi.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has signed a decision to impose a disciplinary measure of warning on Mai Tien Dung, former member of the Party Central Committee, former Secretary of the Party Committee and former Minister-Chairman of the Government Office for his violations and shortcomings in his work.

Aside from the rescue forces from Vietnam, Vietnamese people living in Turkey have also joined hands in the search for earthquake victims in the Middle Eastern country over the past few days.

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 - Doan Khac Viet, deputy spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, answered a number of questions related to citizen protection during the Ministry’s regular press conference held on February 9.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Turkey had by February 6 recorded no Vietnamese citizens dead or injured in an earthquake that devastated the country earlier the same day.

There has not been any information confirming Vietnamese citizens are among those affected by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the most powerful over the past nearly 100 years.

The Ministry of Public Security and Vietnam’s overseas representative agencies will add “place of birth” information in new passports from January 1, 2023, said the Vietnam Immigration Department.

VOV.VN - At least a Vietnamese citizen was confirmed to be among those killed in a fire breaking out at the 17-storey Grand Diamond City hotel-casino in Poipet, Cambodia, on December 29.