Missing MH370: Vietnam, Singapore end search in South China Sea


HANOI: Vietnam has decided to end the search mission for a missing Malaysian jet after it was informed that Malaysia has decided to end searching operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the South China Sea, a senior military officer said at Vietnam's National Committee for Search and Rescue here on Saturday.

Vo Van Tuan, deputy chief of the general staff of Vietnam People's Army, told reporters the decision was made after Vietnam received information from Vietnamese ambassador to Malaysia Saturday afternoon, that Malaysia had decided to end searching in the South China Sea, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

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