Vietnamese rescuers to operate in hardest-hit area by earthquake in Myanmar

  • Major General Pham Van Ty, head of the Vietnamese mission, meets with Myanmar officials. VNA/Photo by courtesy
    Major General Pham Van Ty, head of the Vietnamese mission, meets with Myanmar officials. VNA/Photo by courtesy
  • The rescue forces of Vietnam at the Yangon airport. VNA/Photo by courtesy
    The rescue forces of Vietnam at the Yangon airport. VNA/Photo by courtesy
  • The rescue team of the Vietnam People's Army at the Yangon airport. VNA/Photo by courtesy
    The rescue team of the Vietnam People's Army at the Yangon airport. VNA/Photo by courtesy
  • The emergency response team of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam at the Yangon airport. VNA/Photo by courtesy
    The emergency response team of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam at the Yangon airport. VNA/Photo by courtesy
  • Major General Pham Van Ty, head of the Vietnamese mission. VNA/Photo by courtesy
    Major General Pham Van Ty, head of the Vietnamese mission. VNA/Photo by courtesy
  • The rescue forces of Vietnam at the Yangon airport. VNA/Photo by courtesy
    The rescue forces of Vietnam at the Yangon airport. VNA/Photo by courtesy
Vietnam's rescue forces will operate in Mandalay, which was the most heavily devastated by the 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, Major General Pham Van Ty, Deputy Director of the Ministry of National Defence's Search and Rescue Department, said on March 31. Ty, who is also head of the Vietnamese mission, said that the forces from the Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Public Security arrived in Yangon at 8:30pm on March 30. They then immediately set off on a nearly 500 km journey by road and arrived in Naypyidaw at 3am on March 31. As scheduled, the Vietnamese team will immediately begin their work in Mandalay once their specific tasks are assigned, while preparing accommodation and organising reconnaissance teams to begin search operations in line with the agreed contents in the discussions with Myanmar officials. VNA/Photo by courtesy

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