Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 17 sent a message of condolences to his Nepalese counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal over the air crash on January 15.
The accident claimed 72 lives, becoming the worst plane accident in Nepal for 30 years.
The Ministry of National Defence on July 3 held a ceremony to present decisions from the State President and the Minister of National Defence to three officers departing for United Nations peacekeeping duties at the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).