The same day, Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh also conveyed his sympathy to Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi.
Flight QZ8501 with 162 people on board, including 155 Indonesians, went missing on December 28 while en routing from Indonesia’s Surabaya to Singapore.
On December 31, search teams found seven bodies and debris of the plane.