From Xinhua
HANOI – Vietnamese leaders on Monday sent their condolences to their Chinese counterparts over an earthquake in China’s southern Yunnan province, the website of Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on Tuesday.
A paramilitary policeman rests on the roof of a collapsed building after spending the day searching for earthquake victims at Longtoushan, in China’s southwest Yunnan province on August 5, 2014. More than 400 people have died in an earthquake that devastated a Chinese village, officials said August 5, as relatives face the stark probability that rescuers would only find the remains of their loved ones. (GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)
After learning that the earthquake occurring in Yunnan province caused heavy losses in human lives and property as well as affected lives of many Chinese people, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong, President Truong Tan Sang, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung on Monday sent their sympathy over the incident to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Zhang Dejiang and citizens in the quake-hit areas.
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