Rescue forces found several bodies identified as crewmembers of the crashed rescue aircraft CASA 212 as of 4pm of June 23.

The hunt for AirAsia flight QZ8501 has begun for a third day, with the search area now expanding far beyond the plane's original flight path.

 VietNamNet Bridge – That was the statement by the head of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam, Mr. Lai Xuan Thanh.

 Malaysian Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said Wednesday that the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was a criminal investigation, and there were things they could not share,

 VietNamNet Bridge - Lt. Gen. Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam’s People Army, said two rescue and one naval ships of China that joined the search for the Malaysian missing plane withdrew from Vietnam on March 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge - During 8 days, from March 8 through 15, Vietnam used a record force to search for the missing jet of Malaysia in the East Sea, with 11 aircraft and 7 ships of all kinds.

 A representative from the Search and Rescue Agency under the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam said on March 15 that Vietnam ceased all search activities for the missing Malaysian Airlines plane.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Through a telephone call on March 13, Malaysia asked Vietnam’s assistance for the search in the waters of Malaysia, said Colonel Vu The Chien, deputy chief of the National Committee for Search and Rescue.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After 5 days searching for the Malaysian missing jet at sea, Vietnam today expands the search area, including U Minh forest in Ca Mau and Kien Giang.

"This is a serious and mysterious incident. This is a Malaysian aircraft so this country should have been a focal point in providing information. Yet, Malaysia has not been actively cooperating with Vietnam," said the Deputy Minister of Transport.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Military experts said that the Malaysian plane might not crash in Vietnam territory but the rescue forces will keep searching it on land.

According to the latest information from the steering committee of the search of the Malaysian missing jet, Vietnam has had confirmation from Malaysia that the traces of the missing aircraft in Malacca Straits were only rumors.

VietNamNet Bridge - Today, March 11, the rescue forces have expanded the search area to 20,000 km2. Vietnam Air Force has mobilized the most modern patrol aircraft – Casa 212 – for the mission.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After a Vietnamese surveillance plane spotted a suspected life vest 177km off Tho Chu island, Singaporean aircraft also discovered a life raft-like object nearby.

 The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) of Malaysia has denied that the debris found near Viet Nam's Tho Chu Island was from of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 airplane.

 Vietnam is ready to create all conditions and work closely with rescue forces of China and other countries to search for the missing Malaysian plane and deal with related matters.

 Vietnam’s Defence Ministry has deployed 17 aircraft and 35 ships of various types to scour for a Malaysian passenger jet carrying 239 people that went missing on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8.

 Security measures have been intensified at HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport at the Ministry of Transport’s request following the March 8 missing of a Malaysia Airlines plane.

 Navy and maritime police ships of Vietnam on March 9 arrived in the waters where the Malaysia Airlines plane Boeing 777-200 ER with 239 people on board was reported missing.