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.
Thirty-one years ago, on July 28, 1995, Viet Nam formally acceded to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), marking a historic milestone in the country’s development and international integration.