On the same day, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Binh also sent hissympathy to his Philippines counterpart Albert F. del Rosario.
According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and ManagementCouncil of the Philippines, the 7.2-magnitude quake near Balilihan townon Bohol Island killed at least 107 people, leaving hundreds of othersinjured and affecting millions of people.-VNA