In a message sent to the Office of Permanent Deputy Prime Minister and President of the Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Association Men Sam An, the VCFA expressed the deepest sympathy to the victims’ families and the Cambodian Government and people, saying it believed the Cambodian Government and people would mobilise all resources to soon overcome the aftermath of the tragedy.
On Nov. 25, representatives of Vietnamese agencies, businesses and people conducting business in Cambodia donated 2,770 USD which will be channelled to the Cambodia Red Cross.
A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City on Nov. 24 handed over medicines worth 50,000 USD and 100,000 USD in cash to the Phnom Penh authorities to help the city overcome the tragedy’s aftermath.
The death toll in the stampede was confirmed at 347, including 221 women, said the Cambodian Social Affairs Ministry and the investigation committee on Nov. 25 morning.
President of the Overseas Vietnamese (OV) Association in Cambodia Chau Van Chi said that nine Vietnamese were killed and one remains missing in the stampede. Six out of nine injured Vietnamese have been discharged from the hospital, Chi added.
Cambodia observed a national day of mourning on Nov. 25 and pagodas across the city prayed for the spirits of people who were killed in the stampede.
Cambodian PM Hun Sen and his wife burnt incense at a memorial service held at the site of the bridge stampede which drew the participation of more than 400 Cambodian monks and hundreds of representatives from Cambodian agencies and local people./.
