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General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong, and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc cabled a message of sympathy to Indonesian President Joko Widodo, while Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan sent her sympathies to Speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly Zulkifli Hasan.

Search and rescue efforts in the recent fatal airplane crash of low-cost carrier Lion Air are underway.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh also offered condolences to Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi.

The Boeing 737 Max 8 run by low-cost carrier Lion Air, which was carrying 189 people onboard, crashed into the sea on October 29. It lost contact with air traffic control just 13 minutes after takeoff. The jet was en route from Jakarta to Pangkalpinang in Bangka Belitung province, off Sumatra island.

Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said on October 29 that there would be no survivors from the Lion Air plane. Indonesian search and rescue official Bambang Suryo Aji told the press that he was not expecting anyone to have survived, adding that some bodies had already been recovered.

In an official statement, the rescue agency said the reason for the crash was still uncertain. Recovery efforts are underway.

Lion Air, which was founded in 1999, is the biggest private airline in Indonesia, dominating more than 40 percent of the market.

Vietnam offers aid to victims of dam collapse in Laos

Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung on July 26 handed over US$ 200,000 in aid relief from the Vietnamese Government to Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Thongsavanh Phomvihane in order to help the country in the aftermath of the collapse of the Sepien-Senamnoi hydropower dam.

 

Sharing difficulties with Ha Giang’s flood victims

(BGO) – A donation campaign was launched by the joint collaboration of Bac Giang Branch of Hoa Huong Duong (Sunflower) and Bong Hong Tim (Violet Rose) Volunteer Clubs and Son Dong Support Team to share with the difficulties of the flood victims in Ha Giang province at the end of June.  

 

Hand in hand: Young Hanoians rush to help victims of deadly floods

Reliefs are on way to the most far-flung villages in Ha Giang Province.

 

UNDP supports building 300 houses for flood victims in central region

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will support the construction of 300 houses in the central provinces of Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Quang Nam, which were seriously affected by typhoon Damrey in 2017.

 

Source: VNA