The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked the Vietnamese Embassies in Thailand and Cambodia to contact authorities of their host countries to help search for fishermen on board a ship from Ca Mau province that sank in waters of the Gulf of Thailand on January 2.

The Ministry has also sent diplomatic notes to the Embassies of Thailand and Cambodia in Hanoi on this issue.

At present, the Vietnamese Embassies in Thailand and Cambodia are coordinating with Vietnamese and foreign authorised agencies in the search.

The CM 99219 ship with 11 fishermen on board was reported to be wrecked by an unidentified vessel in the Gulf of Thailand. /.