VGP – Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong, State President Truong Tan Sang, PM Nguyen Tan Dung, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung on August 4 cabled messages of condolences to Chinese General Secretary, President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Zhang Dejiang over the serious earthquakes in Yunnan province.
The same day, Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh extended his condolences to State Councilor Yang Jiechi and FM Wang Yi.
The 6.1-magnitude earthquake happened on August 3 in the city of Zhaotong, Ludian County, destroying 12,000 houses and damages 30,000 other houses.
At least 381 people have been killed, and 1,900 others injured by the quake that struck on Sunday afternoon, state-run media has reported.
By Thuy Dung
Đăng ký: VietNam News