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Vietnam thanks China for help in search, rescue of missing airplane

Xinhua, July 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

A high-rank Vietnamese military official has thanked China for help in the search and rescue of a missing CASA airplane.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Defense Nguyen Chi Vinh made the remarks while meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiaoyong, reported Vietnam's state-run news agency VNA on Wednesday.

On June 16, while carrying out searching mission for a fighter jet and a pilot which went missing earlier, the CASA aircraft with nine people aboard crashed in waters off northern Vietnam.

At Vietnam's request, China sent several warships, coastguard vessels and rescue ships to help Vietnam search for the missing Vietnamese aircraft and crew in waters of the Beibu Gulf between Vietnam's northern coastline and China's Hainan Island.

On behalf of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Military Commission, the Ministry of Defense and families of the martyrs killed in the accident, Vinh thanked China for helping Vietnam in the search and rescue for the plane and its crew members.

Vinh expressed his hope that in the future, the two countries' defense ministries will continue to expand cooperation mechanism in search and rescue area on the basis of international law, enhancing relations between the two parties, two states and two armies, reported VNA.

Ambassador Hong Xiaoyong, for his part, extended condolences to families of the martyrs as well as highlighted Vietnam's search and rescue efforts over the past time. Endit