Vietnam searches for jet fighter gone missing on training

 The last contact with the Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30 MK2 jet fighter was on Tuesday morning. The state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper quoted fisherman Le Van Cuong as saying he saw a jet fighter crash near Mat island off the coast of central Nghe An province.

Vietnam has reported several crashes of military helicopters in recent years. Faced with China’s increased assertiveness over rival territorial claims in the South China Sea, Vietnam has stepped up the modernization of its military with the purchase of six Russian-made submarines.