diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts
index 50dd8cd1d9..5d78c9c8d2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 import {ViewEncapsulation} from '../metadata/view';
-
 import {assertLContainer, assertLView} from './assert';
 import {attachPatchData} from './context_discovery';
 import {CONTAINER_HEADER_OFFSET, LContainer, NATIVE, unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused1} from './interfaces/container';
@@ -801,6 +800,23 @@ export function appendProjectedNodes(
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Loops over all children of a TNode container and appends them to the DOM
+ *
+ * @param ngContainerChildTNode The first child of the TNode container
+ * @param tProjectionNode The projection (ng-content) TNode
+ * @param currentView Current LView
+ * @param projectionView Projection view (view above current)
+ */
+function appendProjectedChildren(
+    ngContainerChildTNode: TNode | null, tProjectionNode: TNode, currentView: LView,
+    projectionView: LView) {
+  while (ngContainerChildTNode) {
+    appendProjectedNode(ngContainerChildTNode, tProjectionNode, currentView, projectionView);
+    ngContainerChildTNode = ngContainerChildTNode.next;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Appends a projected node to the DOM, or in the case of a projected container,
  * appends the nodes from all of the container's active views to the DOM.
@@ -831,13 +847,15 @@ function appendProjectedNode(
     for (let i = CONTAINER_HEADER_OFFSET; i < nodeOrContainer.length; i++) {
       addRemoveViewFromContainer(nodeOrContainer[i], true, nodeOrContainer[NATIVE]);
     }
+  } else if (projectedTNode.type === TNodeType.IcuContainer) {
+    // The node we are adding is an ICU container which is why we also need to project all the
+    // children nodes that might have been created previously and are linked to this anchor
+    let ngContainerChildTNode: TNode|null = projectedTNode.child as TNode;
+    appendProjectedChildren(
+        ngContainerChildTNode, ngContainerChildTNode, projectionView, projectionView);
   } else {
     if (projectedTNode.type === TNodeType.ElementContainer) {
-      let ngContainerChildTNode: TNode|null = projectedTNode.child as TNode;
-      while (ngContainerChildTNode) {
-        appendProjectedNode(ngContainerChildTNode, tProjectionNode, currentView, projectionView);
-        ngContainerChildTNode = ngContainerChildTNode.next;
-      }
+      appendProjectedChildren(projectedTNode.child, tProjectionNode, currentView, projectionView);
     }
 
     if (isLContainer(nodeOrContainer)) {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/i18n_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/i18n_spec.ts
index 10eb551258..ef4c5c86dc 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/i18n_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/i18n_spec.ts
@@ -661,6 +661,117 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
       const element = fixture.nativeElement;
       expect(element).toHaveText('other');
     });
+
+    it('inside a container when creating a view via vcr.createEmbeddedView', () => {
+      @Directive({
+        selector: '[someDir]',
+      })
+      class Dir {
+        constructor(
+            private readonly viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef,
+            private readonly templateRef: TemplateRef<any>) {}
+
+        ngOnInit() { this.viewContainerRef.createEmbeddedView(this.templateRef); }
+      }
+
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'my-cmp',
+        template: `
+              <div *someDir>
+                <ng-content></ng-content>
+              </div>
+            `,
+      })
+      class Cmp {
+      }
+
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'my-app',
+        template: `
+            <my-cmp i18n="test">{
+              count,
+              plural,
+              =1 {ONE}
+              other {OTHER}
+            }</my-cmp>
+          `,
+      })
+      class App {
+        count = 1;
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        declarations: [App, Cmp, Dir],
+      });
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(App);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(fixture.debugElement.nativeElement.innerHTML)
+          .toBe('<my-cmp><div>ONE<!--ICU 13--></div><!--container--></my-cmp>');
+
+      fixture.componentRef.instance.count = 2;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(fixture.debugElement.nativeElement.innerHTML)
+          .toBe('<my-cmp><div>OTHER<!--ICU 13--></div><!--container--></my-cmp>');
+    });
+
+    it('with nested ICU expression and inside a container when creating a view via vcr.createEmbeddedView',
+       () => {
+         @Directive({
+           selector: '[someDir]',
+         })
+         class Dir {
+           constructor(
+               private readonly viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef,
+               private readonly templateRef: TemplateRef<any>) {}
+
+           ngOnInit() { this.viewContainerRef.createEmbeddedView(this.templateRef); }
+         }
+
+         @Component({
+           selector: 'my-cmp',
+           template: `
+              <div *someDir>
+                <ng-content></ng-content>
+              </div>
+            `,
+         })
+         class Cmp {
+         }
+
+         @Component({
+           selector: 'my-app',
+           template: `
+            <my-cmp i18n="test">{
+              count,
+              plural,
+              =1 {ONE}
+              other {{{count}} {name, select,
+                cat {cats}
+                dog {dogs}
+                other {animals}
+              }!}
+            }</my-cmp>
+          `,
+         })
+         class App {
+           count = 1;
+         }
+
+         TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+           declarations: [App, Cmp, Dir],
+         });
+         const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(App);
+         fixture.componentRef.instance.count = 2;
+         fixture.detectChanges();
+         expect(fixture.debugElement.nativeElement.innerHTML)
+             .toBe(
+                 '<my-cmp><div>2 animals<!--nested ICU 0-->!<!--ICU 15--></div><!--container--></my-cmp>');
+
+         fixture.componentRef.instance.count = 1;
+         fixture.detectChanges();
+         expect(fixture.debugElement.nativeElement.innerHTML)
+             .toBe('<my-cmp><div>ONE<!--ICU 15--></div><!--container--></my-cmp>');
+       });
   });
 
   describe('should support attributes', () => {