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President extends condolences over Russia's coal mine accident

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 26 sent a message of condolences to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over casualties in an accident at Listvyazhnaya mine in the Kemerovo Region a day earlier.
President extends condolences over Russia's coal mine accident ảnh 1Rescuers are deployed to the coal mine. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc on November 26 sent a message of condolences to his Russiancounterpart Vladimir Putin over casualties in an accident at Listvyazhnaya mine in the Kemerovo Region a dayearlier.

According tothe latest data, a total of 52 people, including six rescuers, were killed in the accident in the Belovsky districtof Kuzbass, TASS news agency reported.

Meanwhile,the  number of people hurt in the accident has increased to 57./.
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