Foreign ship rescues six Vietnamese crewmen
8:54', 8/7/ 2010 (GMT+7)

The Marshall Islands' Hub Sterllar rescued six Vietnamese crewmen whose vessel had been rammed off the coast of Da Nang City on July 3.

The ship took them to the northern port city of Hai Phong yesterday.

On July 3, BDD 50819 from the central province of Binh Dinh was hit and sunk by a vessel 15 nautical miles from Da Nang. All six crewmen wearing life-vests had to abandon their ship.

On the morning of Monday, they were rescued by the Hub Sterllar which was travelling from Singapore to Hai Phong.

  • Source: VNS
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