Troubled fishermen saved

Border troops towing the troubled trawler ashore

Accordingly, at 6am, a trawler, owned by Hoang Nhan, 34 years old from Thach Tri commune, Thach Ha district, sank a nautical mile off Cua Sot due to enormous waves.

Upon receiving the information, the Cua Sot Border Guard Station sent its troops to work with fishermen on other trawlers to rescue the troubled fishermen.

An hour later, the rescue team rescued the troubled fishermen and lifted and towed the trawler ashore.

At present, the unit’s troops and fishermen are fixing the damaged trawler before taking it to a safer place to avoid further damage from bad weather.

* Meanwhile, brigade 962 of Military Region 9 mobilized 13 troops and canoes to stamp out a fire and save five sailors. It was reported that flames broke out on the ship of Nguyen Ngoc Nua from Dong Thap province on November 21 as it was transporting rice straw from Chau Doc to Vam Cong.

Troops are stamping out the fire.

On the same day, Ship SAR 412 of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center successfully took injured fisherman Nguyen Van Hoi ashore for treatment.

Hoi fainted due to a severe injury on his head while working onboard trawler DNa 90275 TS.  After being asked by the trawler’s owner, the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center worked with Emergency Center 115 of Da Nang City to provide remote health counseling.

Under the instructions of the National Committee for Response to Incidents and Natural Disasters and Search and Rescue and the Vietnam Maritime Administration, Ship SAR 412 left the port to conduct the mission. At 9.20pm, the team approached the trawler and took the injured ashore for treatment.

Translated by Tran Hoai