Vietnam steps up to help Turkey overcome earthquake consequences

Hanoi [Vietnam], February 13: On the afternoon of February 12, the 971th Transport Brigade under the Department of Transportation (Ministry of Defense) transported and gathered 35 tons of logistics material to ensure the Vietnam People's Army forces participated in overcoming the consequences of the earthquake in Turkey. Ky.
According to information from the Transport Department under the General Department of Logistics, all logistics materials (including 10 tons of dry food; 13.5 tons of food and foodstuffs; 1.3 tons of food support equipment; 2.2 tons of foodstuffs). medical equipment, medicines and 3 tons of barracks supplies.) were gathered at Noi Bai airport to be transported to Turkey by a private flight. The organization of transportation, loading and unloading was carried out from Military Medical Hospital 105, Military Medical Hospital 354 and 2 warehouses of the Military Supplies Department to Noi Bai airport.
On the evening of February 12, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army - Deputy Minister of National Defense, went to Noi Bai airport to see off a delegation of 76 Vietnamese soldiers to Turkey to participate in rescue and rescue operations. problem. Forces participating in the mission include the Medical Team of the General Department of Logistics (30 people); Rescue Team of the Army Corps of Engineers (30 people); The Search and Rescue Dog Team of the Border Guard Command (9 trainers, commander and 6 sniffer dogs); Command department and agencies (7 people).
Vietnamese police help find many victims
Meanwhile, according to the Department of Fire and Rescue Police Department of the Ministry of Public Security (C07), on February 11, the first day of the search and rescue organization for earthquake victims in Turkey , through the surveillance camera, the rescue team of C07 detected Currently, a 14-year-old boy is still alive after being buried for 6 days in a collapsed building on Road 531, AdiyamanMerkez, Adiyaman City (Turkey). The mission coordinated with the Pakistani army's rescue team to approach and take the victim out at 22:30 on February 11 (Turkey time). On February 12, a representative of C07 said that the mission coordinated with the Pakistani army to carry out rescue missions. On February 12, 2 forces discovered 3 bodies in the rubble and organized a 30 m2 concrete block to reach and get the bodies out.
In addition to search and rescue, on February 11, a delegation of the Ministry of Public Security and the Vietnamese Embassy in Turkey handed over aid medicine to the Turkish Government to distribute to the people of this country.
Hope for a miracle
A week since earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria, the death toll has risen to more than 33,000. AFP quoted officials updated as saying that in Turkey 29,605 people were killed and in Syria 3,574 people. During a visit to the city of Kahramanmaras in southern Turkey on February 11th, the epicenter of the earthquake, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Martin Griffiths described it here. It is a "once-in-a-hundred-year" disaster in the region, and the death toll is certain to "double or more".
Currently, tens of thousands of rescuers are searching every nook and cranny of the collapsed buildings to find a miracle. In Turkey's southern province of Hatay, Romanian rescue teams pulled a 35-year-old man alive from the rubble of a building, 149 hours after the earthquake. The cold weather has made rescue work even more difficult, as well as millions of people in need.
The UN warns that at least 870,000 people are in urgent need of food in the two countries.
The UN human rights body has called on all sides in Syria to cease fire for humanitarian action after several clashes. Meanwhile, a border crossing between Armenia and Turkey has been opened for the first time in 35 years to allow food and water trucks to reach the disaster area.
Source: ThanhNien Newspaper