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Helicopter drops supplies to inaccessible communes

The Vietnam Air Force-Air Defense Force on November 1 dispatched a helicopter to deliver emergency supplies to approximately 3,000 local residents of two communes in Quang Nam completely isolated by flashfloods and landslides.

Private jet market warming up

VietNamNet Bridge - The news that Thai Aerospace Services has been chosen by Honda as the distributor of HondaJet in the SE Asian market has caught public attention. 

Vietnamese engineer makes second helicopter

VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Hien, the engineer famous for his self-made helicopter, has successfully made a second helicopter which he says is safer and more modern in design.

The destiny of the helicopter made by a Vietnamese farmer

 VietNamNet Bridge – The two helicopters made by Tran Quoc Hai, a Vietnamese farmer and mechanic in the Mekong Delta, have never been flown. One of them was part of an exhibition in Australia, while the other was sold to a museum in the US.

Plane crash survivor shares her memories

VietNamNet Bridge – Annette Herfkens, the sole survivor of a Vietnam Airlines plane accident that killed 30 passengers and crew members in the central coast province of Khanh Hoa 22 years ago, returned to Viet Nam recently to meet the widows

South Korea ferry search helicopter crashes, kills five

 A helicopter that had been involved in the search for missing passengers from the sunken Sewol ferry has crashed in the South Korean city of Gwangju, killing all five people on board.

Plane crash caused by technical problems: deputy chief of general staff

 VietNamNet Bridge - Lt. Gen. Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, told VNE that technical problems caused the plane crash on Monday morning in which 16 soldiers were killed.

Quang Binh to open tours to Phong Nha – Ke Bang by helicopters

 The central province of Quang Binh will trial tours to Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park by helicopter from April 20 to May 5.

Helicopter propeller broken, injuring two on Vung Tau’s oilrig

 VietNamNet Bridge - Working on a drilling oil rig of the Vietsovpetro offshore Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, two workers were suddenly hit by broken pieces of a helicopter propeller.

Can Tho City’s Chairman suffers a stroke

On the morning of April 14, while cycling for fitness, the Chairman of Can Tho City had a stroke and fell down to the road. The same day, he was taken to the Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City for emergency by a helicopter.