General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong sends condolences over Sichuan earthquake
Upon hearing that a serious earthquake had just occurred in Sichuan province, China, causing great loss of life and property and affecting the lives of many Chinese people, on April 20, 2013, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Truong Tan Sang, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung sent messages of condolences to General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Zhang Dejiang, and the people of the affected areas.
Upon hearing that a serious earthquake had just occurred in Sichuan province, China, causing great loss of life and property and affecting the lives of many Chinese people, on April 20, 2013, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Truong Tan Sang, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung sent messages of condolences to General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Zhang Dejiang, and the people of the affected areas.
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On the same day, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh also sent a telegram of condolences to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the death toll from the earthquake in Sichuan Province (China) today has reached 157 people. In addition, more than 3,000 people were injured, and thousands of people lost their homes.
The data was released 12 hours after the earthquake struck at 8 a.m. on April 20 local time in Lushan County near Ya'an City on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau./.
According to (TTXVN) - LT
