China's top political advisor meets Vietnamese delegation

China's top political advisor Wang Huning met with a visiting delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in Beijing on Thursday.

The Vietnamese delegation is led by Nguyen Xuan Thang, a member of the Politburo of the CPV Central Committee, president of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, and chairman of the Central Theoretical Council.

Speaking at the meeting, Wang, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said that China-Vietnam ties have maintained sound development momentum, and that China will work with Vietnam to follow through on the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two Communist Parties.

The CPPCC National Committee is willing to maintain close communication and cooperation with the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Wang said.

Speaking on the same occasion, Thang said that the CPV hopes to continuously learn from the CPC experience in national governance, strengthen overall leadership of the Communist Party, and improve Vietnam's socialist development system and mechanism.

China's top political advisor meets Vietnamese delegation

China's top political advisor meets Vietnamese delegation

The second black box has been found at the plane crash site near Aktau and handed over to the investigation department, according to a Kazakh official from transport department on Thursday.

The Embraer 190 aircraft operated by Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 from Baku to Grozny crashed near Aktau Airport in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.

Of all the 67 people on board, 38 were killed in the crash, and 29 survivors including two children were pulled from the wreckage, Kazakh authorities said on Wednesday.

According to the official, interviews have been carried out with victims, ground service workers and all witnesses to this incident. Radio communication recordings between the crew and dispatchers have been retrieved, and the investigation of the crash site, covering more than 4,000 square meters, is underway.

Kazakhstan's Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said on Thursday during a press conference that the cause of the plane crash remains unknown and is still under investigation.

Bozumbayev said that Kazakhstan is in contact with the relevant departments from Azerbaijan. He said Kazakhstan does not have an official version of the accident, and neither Russia nor Azerbaijan has provided one.

Second black box found at plane crash site near Aktau: Kazakh official