Rescuers search for the missing after the earthquake in the Philippines. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

The same day, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son extended condolences to his Philippine counterpart, Enrique Manalo.

The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that rattled Abra province on Luzon island on July 27 morning, killed at least four people and injured some 60 others, according to the initial statistics.