Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesman Pham Chiu-heng said on the 26th in response to a question about a Vietnamese ship in distress in the Nansha Sea that Vietnam thanked the Chinese side for its quick assistance in the search and rescue, and hoped to continue to cooperate closely with the Chinese side to find the remaining missing persons. Fan Qiuheng said that after the incident occurred, Vietnam's various functional departments immediately cooperated closely and quickly rushed to the scene. Vietnam carried out rescue work with the assistance of ships and helicopters dispatched by Chinese rescue forces and ships near the accident area. Also, according to a Xinhua News Agency reporter from Sansha City in Hainan Province, the Vietnamese ship “KHOI NGUYEN 18” was in distress and sank in the waters off Yongshao Reef in Nansha on the 25th. A total of 62 people were on board. Our 6 ships, 1 rescue helicopter, and 1 Vietnamese ship carried out search and rescue at the scene.

Zhitongcaijing · 3d ago
Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesman Pham Chiu-heng said on the 26th in response to a question about a Vietnamese ship in distress in the Nansha Sea that Vietnam thanked the Chinese side for its quick assistance in the search and rescue, and hoped to continue to cooperate closely with the Chinese side to find the remaining missing persons. Fan Qiuheng said that after the incident occurred, Vietnam's various functional departments immediately cooperated closely and quickly rushed to the scene. Vietnam carried out rescue work with the assistance of ships and helicopters dispatched by Chinese rescue forces and ships near the accident area. Also, according to a Xinhua News Agency reporter from Sansha City in Hainan Province, the Vietnamese ship “KHOI NGUYEN 18” was in distress and sank in the waters off Yongshao Reef in Nansha on the 25th. A total of 62 people were on board. Our 6 ships, 1 rescue helicopter, and 1 Vietnamese ship carried out search and rescue at the scene.