The crash killed at least 42 of 96 passengers while the plane was attempting to land at Lindu airport of Yichun city in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province late on August 24.
On August 25, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem also sent a message of sympathy to Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang over the deaths of eight Hong Kong citizens, who were killed in a hostage crisis in the Philippines on August 23
