In response to questions from reporters on Vietnam’s reaction to theattacks, spokesperson Nguyen Phuong Nga said, “We are both sorrowed andoutraged by the bomb blasts that struck the Lybyanka station and ParkKultury station in central Moscow, killing and injuring dozens ofpeople.”
She went on to say that Vietnam strongly condemns these acts ofterrorism and believes that the culprits will soon be brought tojustice and severely punished.
The Vietnamese Government and people expressed their sincerecondolences to the Russian Government and people and especially thefamilies of the victims of the explosions, she said.
Relevant Russian and Vietnamese agencies as saying no Vietnamese were killed or injured in the bomb attacks.
As of 15:00 hrs (local time), there were 37 dead and 65 others,including one Philippine and two Malaysians, injured in the two bombblasts. However, 17 of the 37 fatalities have not yet been identified./.