Vietnamese sailor left in South Africa returns home

Vietnamese sailor Nguyen Van Thanh, who was left in Cape Town by a Taiwanese fishing ship two months ago, returns home on December 28 on a Kenya Airways flight, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa.

Vietnamese sailor Nguyen Van Thanh, who was left in Cape Town by a Taiwanese fishing ship two months ago, returns home on December 28 on a Kenya Airways flight, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa.

Thanh was born in 1977 in the central coastal province of Ha Tinh. He left Vietnam on April 21, 2015 to work on a Taiwanese ship, which docked at Cape Town port on October 20. 

After being left in the city, he had to depend on sailors of Taiwanese and Chinese vessels as all his money and documents were kept by the ship owner.

With prompt assistance of the Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa, Thanh has completed all necessary procedures and bought an air ticket to return home.