Another earthquake of 3.8 magnitude hit in Kon Plong district, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, on August 3, according to the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning under the Institute of Geophysics.
The Turkish Government held an event on the afternoon of April 25, 2023 in the country to thank the forces participating in the rescue operation after the earthquake disaster in Turkey on February 6, 2023.
Muong Te district in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau and Yen Lac district in the northern province of Vinh Phuc, both of which border Hanoi, were struck by earthquakes on the early morning of March 3.
By joining in rescue missions in earthquake-hit Turkey, Vietnam has shown itself as both a responsible member of the international community and also a member capable of fulfilling its responsibility, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Turkey Do Son Hai.
The Vietnamese rescue police mission successfully completed its rescue operations in Turkey and returned home on February 19, 2023.
Local people as well as other countries appreciated the great effort of the Vietnamese rescue teams, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Turkey Do Son Hai.
The Vietnamese rescue police team working in Turkey visited and offered support for local families affected by earthquake in Adiyaman.
Starting search and rescue work from February 14 in Hatay province, one of the localities hardest hit by the recent earthquake in Turkey, search-and-rescue dogs from Vietnam have proved helpful.
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.
Receiving very timely aid from the Ministry of Public Security's police mission participating in rescue operations in Turkey, Deputy Director of the Agency for Disaster and Emergency Response (AFAD) in Adiyaman Isamail Sahin sent deep thanks to the Government, Ministry of Public Security and people of Vietnam for the assistance.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Turkey released a statement on February 12, saying that it had provided financial support to a number of Vietnamese nationals affected by the earthquake on February 6.
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.
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.
Rescuers raced Tuesday to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Turkey and neighboring Syria, with the discovery of more bodies raising the death toll to more than 5,000.
As of 6pm on November 21, there weren’t any Vietnamese casualties recorded in the 5.6-magnitude earthquake that had jolted Cianjur town of West Java province earlier the same day, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Ta Van Thong.
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake left more than 160 dead and hundreds injured as buildings crumbled and terrified residents ran for their lives on Indonesia’s main island of Java.
Two earthquakes struck the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on September 26, causing no human losses, according to the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Centre under the Institute of Geophysics.
