Public concern has grown significantly regarding fire safety in tall apartment buildings due to evident lapses.

As much as VND26.50 billion has been donated to the survivors and families of a recent tragic apartment fire in Hanoi which left 56 dead and dozens of people injured.

A delegation of the National Assembly led by Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on Friday offered incense and observed a minute of silence in tribute to 56 victims in a fire at a mini apartment building in Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi in late September 12.

Leaders of Laos, Venezuela, and Kazakhstan on September 15 sent condolences to Vietnamese leaders upon receiving news of a fire incident, which occurred in the late hours of September 12 night in Hanoi, causing significant loss of life and property.

Local police are told to coordinate with relevant agencies to conduct inspections of fire safety for mini-apartments and accommodation establishments with a high density of people.

At least 56 people have been killed in a blaze at an apartment block in Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi.

Dozens of residents were injured and killed in a blaze at a nine-storey apartment block in Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi on September 12 evening.

Two children have died in a fire that broke out at their house in Go Vap District in HCM City early Monday morning.

The three victims were a husband, 38, a wife, 33, and their seven-year-old daughter.

Two Vietnamese were among eight found dead in a devastating night club fire in downtown capital Phnom Penh, Cambodia, last weekend.