Sympathies offered to Philippines on heavy losses in tropical storm
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on April 25 sent a sympathy message to Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. on the human and property losses caused by tropical storm Megi in many central and southern provinces of the country.
Rescuers evacuate residents from a flooded area in Storm Megi in Panitan town of Capiz province, the Philippines, on April 12. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on April 25 sent asympathy message to Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro L. LocsinJr. on the human and property losses caused by tropical storm Megi in many centraland southern provinces of the country.
Thestorm, known in the Philippines as Agaton, hit the archipelago nation on April10./.
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake was recorded offshore Cagayan province, the Philippines, on February 13 afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate from their homes near Taal volcano in the Philippines on March 26 after an eruption sent ash and steam hundreds of metres into the sky.
On behalf of the Prime Minister, Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang on April 1 symbolically presented 200 tonnes of rice worth nearly 100,000 USD as a gift from the Vietnamese Government and people to the Philippines to help address Typhoon Rai’s aftermath.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on April 9 lowered the alert level for Taal volcano, 66km south of the capital region Manila, from 3 to 2.
The death toll from landslides and flooding in the Philippines caused by tropical storm Megi has risen to 167, with 110 still missing, the Philippine government reported on April 16.
