Vietnamese cargo ship hit by unknown vessel, 9 missing

PSNews – A Vietnamese cargo ship, named Hai Thanh 26 BLC, sank after a collision with an unknown vessel at about 0.00am on 28 March while carrying 3,000 tons of goods from Hai Phong city to the supposed Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

Speaking to the Public Security Newspaper, Deputy Director of the Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center Region 3 Luong Truong Phi said the center has sent 2 surveillance ships to search the missing crew and the identity of the hit-and-run ship.

The center force has so far found and rescued two sailors.

Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center Region 3 has sent 2 surveillance ships to search the missing crew and the identity of the hit-and-run ship.
Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center Region 3  has sent 2 surveillance ships to search the missing crew and the identity of the hit-and-run ship.

According to the two rescued sailors, their ship was hit by an unknown vessel at around 0.00am on 28 March while carrying 3,000 tons of clinker on its way from the northern city of Hai Phong to the destination designate, Can Tho city.

The two sailors said that their 9 teammates may still be trapped inside the cargo ship.

Earlier on March 28, the Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center Region 3 was informed that the   Hai Thanh 26 BLC ship sank about 43 nautical miles east of Vung Tau city, at 10 degrees 18.9 minutes north latitude; 107 degrees 45.6 minutes east longitude.

By Phung Nguyen

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