Seoul (VNA) – The Coast Guard of the Republic of Korea(RoK) has confirmed the identities of the five Vietnamese sailors who wentmissing in a fishing boat fire off the country’s Jeju island on March 4.
They are Bien Van H, 45; Do S, 23; Pham Van N, 25; Phan Tam S, 30;and Nguyen Van C, 24.
Earlier,the force said that a fire broke out on the 29-tonne ship carrying eight crewmembers at around 3:18 am (local time) in waters about 74 km southeast of UdoIsland near Jeju.
TwoKoreans aboard have been rescued so far, while another is unaccounted for, withsearch operations still under way.
Adverseweather conditions have hampered efforts to put out the fire and find the missing./.
VNA