Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh talked overthe phone with Indonesian FM Retno L.P. Marsudi on December 28,affirming that Vietnam is willing to join search and rescue efforts formissing AirAsia flight QZ8501 if necessary.
Hestated that the Vietnamese Government and people shared the deep concernwith the families of passengers on the flight, which lost contact withair traffic control on the morning of December 28, only 42 minutes afterit took off from Surabaya airport in Indonesia to Singapore.
Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi informed his Vietnamese counterpart ofthe latest developments of the incident and expressed thanks for thetimely offer of assistance.
The search for themissing plane has been resumed on the early morning of December 29 afterbeing suspended over the night due to bad weather.
Singapore deployed two jets, one destroyer and one escort ship, whilethe Air Accident Investigation Bureau had proposed sending two expertgroups to help in the search and rescue operations.
The US, Australia and India also announced their willingness to join the search for the plane.
The missing plane has 162 passengers and crew members on board. TheMalaysia-based airline said that there were 156 Indonesians, threepeople of the Republic of Korea and one person each from Singapore,Malaysia and France on the flight.-VNA
Hestated that the Vietnamese Government and people shared the deep concernwith the families of passengers on the flight, which lost contact withair traffic control on the morning of December 28, only 42 minutes afterit took off from Surabaya airport in Indonesia to Singapore.
Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi informed his Vietnamese counterpart ofthe latest developments of the incident and expressed thanks for thetimely offer of assistance.
The search for themissing plane has been resumed on the early morning of December 29 afterbeing suspended over the night due to bad weather.
Singapore deployed two jets, one destroyer and one escort ship, whilethe Air Accident Investigation Bureau had proposed sending two expertgroups to help in the search and rescue operations.
The US, Australia and India also announced their willingness to join the search for the plane.
The missing plane has 162 passengers and crew members on board. TheMalaysia-based airline said that there were 156 Indonesians, threepeople of the Republic of Korea and one person each from Singapore,Malaysia and France on the flight.-VNA
