At about 1:20 pm on April 5, the QNg 90610 TS of central Quang Ngai province had its gear box broken and went adrift amid strong winds and a rough sea when it was operating at some 6 nautical miles to the south of Da Loi Reef in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

Ship SAR 412 tugs the fishing vessel in distress to Da Nang city.

The captain and crew members tried to repair the gear box but failed so they contacted the MRCC to seek help.

The MRCC immediately gave instructions on safety measures and breakdown repairs and prepared a rescue operation. However, in the morning of April 6, the fishermen become tired and panicked after many hours of coping with the increasingly worse weather while they had run out of food and freshwater.

The MRCC then dispatched ship SAR 412 to the site to save the fishermen.

The rescue ship accessed the fishing boat at 6:05pm the same day, provided health care for the fishermen, and tugged the fishing boat to Da Nang.

Vietnam Embassy in RoK assists rescued Vietnamese sailors

The Vietnamese Embassy and the labour management board in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on December 20 met and handed over new passports for 17 Vietnamese sailors, who were rescued in a ship accident off the RoK island of Ulleung on December 1.

17 Vietnamese crew members rescued in foreign waters

Seventeen Vietnamese crew members aboard the Panamanian Huoei Crystal cargo vessel, were rescued after the ship encountered an accident in the waters located between Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Rescued endangered pangolin released back into the wild

An endangered pangolin (Manis Javanica), rescued by local residents living on Cham Islands, has been returned to the wild.

Filipino fisherman stranded at sea, rescued in Vietnam

Vietnam’s fisheries surveillance task force saved a Filipino fisherman stranded in the waters off the central coast Tuesday.

IMO Award granted to a Vietnamese rescuer: A pride of rescue force

Vietnamese search and rescue officer Tran Van Khoi has recently been honoured with the 2021 Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The award is not only a source of pride for Khoi but also for Vietnam’s maritime and rescue forces.

Source: NDO/VNA