Vietnam rejects rumor of Singapore plane accident off Mui Ne

Authorities of a south central Vietnamese province have denied a rumor that a Singaporean plane was in distress while flying above the waters off Vietnam’s coast.

The rumor appeared on Tuesday afternoon in the south central province of Binh Thuan, saying that a Singaporean aircraft suffered an accident while flying off Mui Ne, a well-known coastal resort town in the province.

The town is close to the province’s Phan Thiet city and is about 250 km north of Ho Chi Minh City.

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