A fishing vessel was found drifting 140 nautical miles off the coast of Da Nang at around 2.30 am last Friday morning and all its 11 crew members rescued.

A rescue ship from Da Nang rescued a fishing boat and 11 crew members in waters off the Hoang Sa Archipelago, 140 nautical miles away from Da Nang’s coast. VNS Photo Cong Thanh

The boat, DNa 90369TS, suffered an engine breakdown and was cast adrift in the seas near Viet Nam’s Hoang Sa (Paracels) Island last Thursday.

A rescue ship from the Regional Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre No 2 (MRCC2) found the boat and towed it to safety last Friday evening.

The fishermen were in good health and taken home last Friday, officials said.

Mystery ship found

In other news, Colonel Le Van Phuc, commander of the city’s Border Guard force, said an investigative team has found that it was steel ship HP4054 that hit fishing vessel QNa 90191 last Saturday.

The vessel had 4 fishermen from Quang Nam on board. 

Phuc said the dredging ship, HP4054, had left the Tien Sa Port on the evening of April 8 and collided with the fishing boat before sailing away to the Vung Ang Port in Ha Tinh Province.

Three of the fishermen on board were rescued by the border force, while the fourth swam to safety on his own.

The dredger has been escorted by the city’s border force from the Vung Ang Port to Da Nang for further investigation.

(Source: VNS/ DA NANG Today)