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At the scene in Turkey (Photo: AFP/VNA) Rome (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy in Turkey has contacted local authorities to find out if there were Vietnamese victims in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in central Turkey and northwest Syria on early February 6 morning. First Secretary of the Embassy Nguyen Phu Tan Huong said following the incident, the embassy immediately contacted the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs ’ departments in charge of immigration and Asia-Pacific, police and authorities of 10 localities recording casualties, including Kahramanmaras, Adiyaman, Gaziantep, Hatay, Diarbakir, Kilis, Osmaniye, Sanliurfa, Adana and Malatya. According to the latest report, Syria recorded 560 fatalities and over 1,089 injured victims in the strong earthquake with epicenter in central Turkey, while Turkey reported 912 deaths and more than 5,000 injuries. Huong said the earthquake took place in the early morning when most people were asleep so that the number of casualties … [Read more...] about Vietnamese embassy contacts Turkish authorities following devastating earthquake

A building is destroyed after the earthquake hits Idlib province, Syria, on February 6. (Photo: AFP/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – 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. On February 6, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs directed the Vietnamese embassies in Turkey as well as in Iran and Syria to contact local authorities and the Vietnamese expatriate community to update information and be ready to take citizen protection measures in case there are Vietnamese among victims of the disaster that occurred in the morning of the same day. Related fatalities have so far neared 1,800, including at least 783 in Syria and 1,014 in Turkey, with many buildings flattened. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake occurred at about 4:17am (local time) with the epicenter located 17.9 km in depth in Gaziantep province. It … [Read more...] about No Vietnamese citizens affected by earthquake in Turkey, Syria so far