Vietnam has strongly condemned deadly bombing attacks in the Turkish town of Reyhanli on May 11, which killed at least 45 people and injured more than 100 others.

“We expresses our deep sympathy and condolences to the Government of Turkey and the families of the victims,” Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi said on May 15 while answering reporters’ queries about Vietnam ’s response to the bombing attacks.

Nghi added that the Reyhanli bomb culprits must be severely punished.-VNA