The building tilted after an earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan (China), April 3, 2024. Photo: AFP/TTXVN
According to local authorities, as of the evening of April 4 (Vietnam time), the number of people killed in the earthquake in Taiwan (China) that occurred on April 3 was 10 people, while the number of injured people was 10 people. is over 1,060 people. The number of missing people is 38 people.
Local authorities said infrastructure, including several bridges and tunnels on major roads in Hualien, were damaged in the quake. More than 600 people are still stuck in a hotel and a tourist center in Taroko Park in the east of this district. Currently, authorities have not confirmed the condition of these people. On the same afternoon, about 60 workers were rescued from a quarry that collapsed due to an earthquake.
After the major earthquake in Taiwan caused serious damage to both people and property, many Japanese businesses called for a campaign to raise money to help Taiwanese people overcome difficulties.
According to a Vietnam News Agency reporter in Japan, a representative of the FamilyMart convenience store chain said on April 4 that it will begin accepting donations within 2 weeks, from April 5 to April 18, at more than 16,300 stores. goods nationwide. Along with that, Japanese financial companies such as MS&AD Holdings Group, which owns large non-life insurance companies such as Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and Aioi Nissay Dowa, also called on employees to deduct a part of their salary to support them. Taiwanese people. In addition, Mitsubishi UFJ, Sumitomo Mitsui and Mizuho Financial Group all announced plans to donate 10 million yen (about 65,000 USD).
Taiwan and Japan have a tradition of supporting each other to overcome difficulties from natural disasters. According to the announcement of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan, on April 2, Taiwan transferred about 2.5 billion yen (more than 16 million USD) of support received from organizations Officials and individuals in Taiwan came to the Ishikawa Provincial Government to overcome the consequences of the earthquake that occurred on the Noto Peninsula in early 2024. Previously, after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, Taiwan also donated contributed and sent 20 billion yen (about 130 million USD) to Japan, and soon sent rescue teams to Japan. Messages of condolence, encouragement and financial and human support were also shared by both sides when the major earthquake in Kumamoto province in 2016, floods in Western Japan in 2018 or earthquake in the southern region occurred. Central Taiwan in 1999 and the earthquake in Eastern Taiwan in 2018.
In a status line posted on Twitter on April 3, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shared his sympathy with the losses of the Taiwanese people due to the earthquake and expressed his readiness to provide necessary support to Taiwan. remediate and reconstruct the affected area.
On the same day, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said there is currently no information about Japanese citizens killed by the earthquake.
At a press conference held on the same day, Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Lim Soo-suk said the country shares the loss of life and damage in the earthquake that occurred off the coast of Taiwan. The above official emphasized that South Korea hopes the people of Taiwan will soon overcome the consequences and that Seoul is ready to provide necessary support for this recovery operation.