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Condolences over highway bridge collapse in Italy

VGP – State President Tran Dai Quang on August 15 cabled a message of condolences to Italian President Sergio Mattarella over the highway bridge collapse in Italy on August 14.

August 16, 2018 10:08 AM GMT+7

The same day, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc extended his condolences to his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte.

Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh sent a message of condolences to Italian FM Enzo Maovero Milanesi.

A bridge in the heart of Genoa collapsed on Tuesday, killing 37 people as dozens of vehicles and tons of concrete and steel plunged onto city streets below in a disaster that prompted an emergency review of Italy’s aging infrastructure, according to nytimes.com.