No Vietnamese hurt in Belgium attacks

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HÀ NỘI – No Vietnamese citizens were among victims at the recent bomb attacks in Brussels, Belgium, announced the Foreign Ministry.

A day following the bombing in Brussels last Tuesday, the Belgium Crisis Centre informed the Vietnamese embassy that no Vietnamese has been recorded in the list of injured.

Student Đỗ Nguyên Thảo Vi could not be contacted by her family in recent days, but the embassy verified that she was safe and learned that she had been sick and it was unrelated to the attacks.

On Wednesday noon, she made contact with her family in HCM City.

The Vietnamese embassy in Belgium will continue working closely with host authorities to update the latest information. – VNS

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