No Vietnamese reported injured in Sichuan earthquake

Chinese National Radio (CNR) reported that at 3pm (local time) on August 9, the 7-magnitude earthquake hit Jiuzhaigou county of Ngawa prefecture, in the southwestern province of Sichuan. On August 8, 19 people were reporter dead and 247 others injured. Some of the victims were foreign tourists.

The Vietnamese Embassy has worked with the Sichuan Provincial Foreign Affairs Office and the former Vietnamese Students Association and found out that no Vietnamese people were victims of the earthquake.

Sichuan local authorities have mobilized nearly 3,000 rescue staff and hundreds of machines and equipment to search for the missing and support the victims and tourists. The rescue forces have evacuated more than 45,000 tourists out of Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan.