Three Vietnamese sailors were reported missing from a ship of the
Republic of Korea (RoK) that suffered a fire in waters southeast of New
Zealand on the night of Jan. 10.
According to an initial report
from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the
Rescue Coordination Centre of New Zealand (RCCNZ), of the 23 Vietnamese
sailors on board, three were reported missing and four others suffered
from injury.
The injured sailors were given medical care and brought to the nearest port in New Zealand .
The
Vietnamese Embassy in New Zealand worked with local relevant agencies
and the RoK Embassy in New Zealand to confirm the information.
The
Vietnamese Foreign Ministry asked the embassies in NZ and the RoK to
work closely with relevant local agencies to take necessary measures to
help the Vietnamese seamen.
The RCCNZ on Jan. 11 said that it
received an SOS from the fishing vessel Jung Woo 2 of the RoK’s Sunwoo
Corp. The ship, with 40 sailors on board, was ablaze in the Ross sea,
about 3,700km southeast of New Zealand. /.