Five Vietnamese fishermen have been rescued by a Marshall Island-flagged ship when their boat sank in the sea.
According to Nguyen Xuan Binh, director of Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre’s branch in Nha Trang, the five fishermen were all from Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province and were on fishing boat KH 97517 TS owned by Tran Van Con.
On the afternoon of August 8, Khanh Hoa authorities were informed of the incident. The fishing boat was said to collide with a ship whose nationality has not yet been defined in the sea, causing it to sink.Luckily, the fishermen were saved by crew on the Bomar Jupiter which was in the area, some 87 nautical miles southeast of Nha Trang City. They have been taken to Zhuai Port in China.
Binh said that the fishermen’s health condition is normal and have been arranged to return home by air on June 15.
Khanh Hoa Province has 9,700 fishing boats and nearly 25,000 fishermen.
