国际英语新闻:Combined efforts to search for missing Malaysian jet

Vietnam will divide aerial space for aircraft, meanwhile, it will navigate foreign vessels to search in specific areas.

As of Monday, Vietnam has licensed 34 aircraft and 40 vessels from several countries to enter its waters for search mission.

The country has allowed U.S. Navy's destroyer USS Pinckney carrying two MH-60R helicopters and one P-3C Orion aircraft to join the searching work.

The U.S. Navy said Monday it has dispatched one more Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Kidd, to join the USS Pinckney in the search efforts.

Other countries, including Thailand and New Zealand, also sent search and rescue missions to the targeted sea area.

A Thai navy boat was searching the lower part of the Andaman Sea off southern Thailand, while a New Zealand air force P3 Orion aircraft is en route to join the search.

According to China's marine search and rescue center, so far, five Chinese vessels have arrived at the waters around Flight MH370's last known location. Three more vessels are scheduled to get to the searching area later on Wednesday.

Vietnam Tuesday decided to expand searching work for the missing Malaysian jet to inland area, along the two flight routes, from Ca Mau's Hon Khoai to Ho Chi Minh City, and provinces in southwest, southeast and south central area of Vietnam.

Vo Van Tuan, deputy chief of staff of the Vietnamese army said the country will deploy forces in land, at mountainous and forest areas, as well as coordinate with Cambodia and Laos to search their border areas.

Earlier on Monday, Malaysia said tests on a sample of the oil slicks found off the eastern Malaysia coast revealed that it was not from the missing flight, and the two passengers on board with false European passports, an Austrian and an Italian one, are not with Asian appearance.

"Given the current situation, how to strengthen consultation, coordination, as well as how to divide searching areas among all parties are very important. There could be a platform for consultation and real-time communication among all relevant parties to work for the best effects," Kong Xuan You, Chinese ambassador to Vietnam said.