The centre received a request for help from BELFUJI ship flagged in Marshall Islands at 3:45pm on November 18, which was en route from Argentina to China.

A ship was dispatched to bring the ill sailor to Da Nang for treatment at a local hospital.

When the ship was about 150 nautical miles off Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) to the southeast, a 39-year-old Vietnamese sailor on the ship experienced symptoms of prolonged vomiting and rapidly deteriorating health, accompanied by abdominal distension and yellow skin and eyes.

After receiving the request from the ship’s captain, the centre coordinated with relevant agencies to provide health advice. A ship was dispatched to bring the ill sailor to Da Nang for treatment at a local hospital.

Five fishermen from sunken vessel rescued after 12 days at sea

Five more fishermen from a sunken vessel were rescued Friday by a cargo ship after drifting 12 days at sea, three days after four fellow crew members were saved.

Woman rescued after 7 hours adrift at sea

A woman in the central Quang Binh Province was swimming at the beach Monday when the waves pushed her away from shore, setting her adrift for seven hours.

Interns come to factories’ rescue amid labor shortage

Manufacturing companies are offering various benefits to attract interns as a labor shortage threatens to stymie their post-Covid recovery.

Two Vietnamese tricked to work in Cambodia rescued

Border guards in central Vietnam have rescued two men that were tricked and sold to Cambodia to work against their will.

Vietnam rescues 400 citizens tricked to work illegally in Cambodia

Vietnamese and Cambodian authorities have collaborated to repatriate 400 Vietnamese citizens who had been tricked and sold to Cambodia.

Source: VNA