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 171st repatriation ceremony for the remains of US servicemen missing in action (MIA) from the war in Viet Nam took place at Gia Lam airport in Ha Noi on December 13, following a recent unilateral search in the northern province of Lao Cai.