A fishing boat with two crew members onboard in distress at sea was towed to the mainland safely on 2 August morning by a border guard ship after their boat broke down at sea on 31 July.

Border guard ship BP. 08-11-01 tows fishing vessel DNa 50484 TS in distress to the mainland safely

At 8.00pm on 31 July, fishing vessel DNa 50484 TS from Son Tra District's Man Thai Ward, with 2 crew members onboard, suffered an engine failure whilst they were fishing about 20 nautical miles southeast of the Son Tra Peninsula in Da Nang.

However, the boat’s crew members were unable to solve the problem, and their boat was adrift in the sea.

After receiving an SOS message, the Da Nang Border Guard High Command immediately sent its border guard ship BP. 08-11-01, with 7 officers and men, led by Lieutenant Nguyen Duy Nam, to research and rescue the fishing vessel in distress.

On 2 August, the fishing vessel DNa 50484 TS was found drifting off the Cham Island in Quang Nam Province, and it was towed to the Project 15 Monitoring Station in Da Nang's Tho Quang Ward safely.

By HOANG HIEP - Translated by M.D