In response to media queries on the identification of the fatalities in the fireworks explosion in Hanoi, the MFA Spokesman said:
" The Singapore Embassy in Hanoi continues to maintain close contact with the Vietnamese authorities on the possibility that one of the fatalities in the fireworks explosion is that of a Singaporean woman. According to the Vietnamese authorities, the process of identification is on-going. A Singaporean woman has been unaccounted for since the explosion and we are in contact with and providing assistance to the next-of-kin. "
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
7 OCTOBER 2010