Immediately after the earthquake that caused major casualties on October 7 in Afghanistan, the Vietnamese Embassy in Pakistan contacted the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad to update information about Vietnamese people.
In addition, the Embassy also proactively implemented citizen protection work: posted civil protection notices on the Embassy’s official website, discussed with contacts in Afghanistan to request assistance in finding people. understand information about the situation of Vietnamese citizens in Afghanistan.
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People dig to search for victims in the rubble (Photo: AFP).
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In case of needing assistance, Vietnamese citizens can contact the hotline of the Vietnamese Embassy in Pakistan concurrently in Afghanistan: +92512655785/+923363336868 or the Citizen Protection hotline of the Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivery +84 981 848484.
On October 7, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake accompanied by many strong aftershocks shook the western region of Afghanistan, killing more than 2,400 people.
This is one of the earthquake disasters that have claimed the most lives in the world since the beginning of the year, after the terrible earthquake in Turkey and Syria in February that killed more than 50,000 people.