January 25, 2012
Two Vietnamese sailors on a Taiwanese fishing boat hijacked by Somali pirates off the Indian Ocean two years ago have called home saying the pirates had chopped off an arm of the captain. The pirates are demanding a US$2.8-million ransom. On January 20, Tran Van Hung, one of the 26 crew members of the [...]
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January 7, 2012
Dau Ngoc Hung (L) arrives at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport January 4. Hung is the sole survivor out of 23 sailors who were on board the Vietnamese cargo vessel Vinalines Queen which reportedly sank off the Philippines on December 25 without sending distress signals. The sole survivor from the Vinalines Queen, the Vietnamese [...]
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May 16, 2011
Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa is searching for two Vietnamese sailors who went missing after a gas explosion onboard a Taiwanese fishing boat. The accident left two other Vietnamese sailors dead last month. The eight other Vietnamese sailors injured in the explosion returned home Saturday after medical treatment in South Africa. The bodies of the two dead sailors [...]
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April 9, 2011
Two cargo ships collided off the coast of central Quang Nam Province early Wednesday, killing three and leaving two sailors missing. According to eyewitnesses, the Phuc Hai 05 en route from Indonesia to Da Nang City crashed into the Binh Minh 28 en route from Thanh Hoa to An Giang Province. Fifteen minutes after [...]
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February 16, 2011
A Vietnamese ship has been stranded off the coast of India for nearly six months, putting 18 sailors onboard at risk, The Times of India reported Tuesday. Â The news source quoted Captain Maung Maung Iwin of the MV Bien Nam ship as saying that the vessel is currently about three miles away from [...]
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January 2, 2011
Eleven Vietnamese sailors were missing in the East Sea after their cargo ship sank during high winds, rescue officials said Wednesday (December 29), warning other mariners to steer clear of bad weather. Twelve seamen were rescued by fishermen after the Van Don-2 sank early Tuesday about 400 kilometers (250 miles) off the coast of [...]
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November 13, 2009
Vietnam asks that all its fishermen who enter foreign or disputed waters unintentionally or to seek shelter be treated humanely in reciprocation for what the country has done for its neighbors, the top navy officer said. Vice Admiral Nguyen Van Hien, Commander of the Vietnamese Peopleâs Navy, said Chinaâs brutal mistreatment of Vietnamese fishermen seeking [...]
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August 7, 2009
Fisherman Nguyen Thanh Bien (left).LookAtVietnam – Fishermen in the central province of Quang Ngai are feeling conflicting emotions these days: Indonesia has just set free 11 Vietnamese fishermen, including nine from Quang Ngai, while China has recently arrested 13 additional local fishermen. The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia and competent agencies of the host country helped the [...]
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July 25, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Hai spent a year as a hired hand on Taiwanese ships without receiving any pay. The site of the former Overseas Labor Supply Center, which closed recently and leased out its land to an IT center in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. He’s made the 1,000-kilometer journey from his home in the central province [...]
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July 25, 2009
The site of the former Overseas Labor Supply Center, which closed recently and leased out its land to an IT center in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. Hai spent a year as a hired hand on Taiwanese ships without receiving any pay. Heâs made the 1,000-kilometer journey from his home in the central province of Ha [...]
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