Nine fishermen have just been rescued after four days stranded on an islet in the Spratly Archipelago.
Chairman of Binh Chau Commune Fishing Association, Nguyen Thanh Hung announced on Monday that a local fishing boat had just found and rescued nine fishermen who were waiting for help at an islet in the Spratly Archipelago.
The fishermen said they were crew on a fishing boat that sank on the evening of November 1 due to high waves.
After their boat sank, 11 crew members tried to swim over a nautical mile to an islet. However, only nine members reached the islet while two others, aged 42 and 35, went missing.
The nine fishermen stayed on the islet waiting for four days before being found and rescued by a local fishing boat.
"The fishermen have been taken to Son Ca Island for health checkups and care before returning home," Hung said. "We're still trying to find the two missing men."
The Spratly Archipelago belongs to Khanh Hoa Province and its closest island lies some 250 nautical miles from Cam Ranh City.
Source: dtinews.vn