No Vietnamese casualties reported in Taiwan earthquakes: office
There has not been any information on casualties related to Vietnamese people in strong earthquakes and aftershocks that hit Taiwan (China) on April 3, according to the Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei.
Buildings are damaged in Hualien, a city on the eastern coast of Taiwan (China) due to the earthquakes. (Photo: AP)
Hanoi (VNA) – There has not been any information oncasualties related t💮o Vietnamese people in strong earthquakes and aftershocksthat hit Taiwan (China) on April 3, according to the Vietnam Economic andCultural Office in Taipei.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has directed the office toquickly contact local authorities and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Taiwan to getinformation and promptly respond to the situation. At the same time, theministry has also instructed Vietnamese representative agencies in Japan and the Philippinesto prepare citizen protection plans as the governments of these countriesissued tsunami warnings. Implementing the ministry's directions, Vietnameserepresentative agencies in relevant areas will continue to closely follow thesituation, keep contact with the Vietnamese communities’ contact persons, and beready to deploy citizen protection measures if needed. Vietnamese citizens who need help can contact the VietnamEconomic and Cultural Office in Taipei at 886 933262836 or the citizen protection hotline of the ministry's Consular Department at 84 981 84 84 84./.
Vietnamese organisations and individuals in the Kansai region have donated 600,000 JPY (over 4,000 USD) to help residents in earthquake-hit Suzu and Wajima cities, Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture.
Five earthquakes were recorded in Kon Plong district in the Central Highland province of Kon Tum on February 7 morning, according to the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning under the Institute of Geophysics.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 shook Mindanao island, the Philippines, at 20:09:37 GMT on February 7, according to the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences - the national research centre for Earth sciences in Germany.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit offshore of southern Davao Oriental province of the Philippines on March 8, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.
The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia (BMKG) has reported that an earthquake with a magnitude of more than 6.5 occurred on March 22 off the coast of Java island at a depth of 10 km.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 occurred in Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc on March 25 morning, said the Institute of Geophysics (IGP) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.
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Buildings are damaged in Hualien, a city on the eastern coast of Taiwan (China) due to the earthquakes. (Photo: AP) 
