ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh sent a message of condolences to Viet Nam which was hit by Typhoon Rammasun this week. In a letter sent yesterday to Pham Binh Minh, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister who is also the Foreign Minister, SG Minh conveyed his “sympathy for the loss of lives and properties in the communities in Quang Ninh Province” which have been affected the most by the typhoon.