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| A Vietnam Coast Guard CASA C-212 Aviocar (Image: Wiki Commons) |
Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh came to the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi on July 6 to thank China for assisting Vietnam in the search and rescue work in the incident involving CASA-212 aircraft.
On behalf of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defence, the Vietnam People’s Army and families of the deceased in the aircraft accident, the Deputy Defence Minister expressed his thanks to China’s Party, State and authorised agencies, along with Chinese Ambassador Hong Xiaoyong, for their cooperation and help in the search for CASA-212 and its crew members.
He said he hopes that in the time ahead, the Vietnamese and Chinese defence ministries will continue expanding search and rescue cooperation on the basis of international law, thus reinforcing overall relations between the two Parties, States and armies.
For his part, Ambassador Hong Xiaoyong offered condolences to the bereaved families and praised Vietnam’s search and rescue efforts.
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