Four Vietnamese fishers were killed in a crash with a cargo ship from Panama in the Gulf of Tonkin on Tuesday, rescue authorities said. The Hosei Crown cargo vessel from Panama alerted authorities after it struck a Vietnamese
AFP | Hanoi, Vietnam
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Four Vietnamese fishers were killed in a crash with a cargo ship from Panama in the Gulf of Tonkin on Tuesday, rescue authorities said.
The Hosei Crown cargo vessel from Panama alerted authorities after it struck a Vietnamese fishing boat off the coast of the northern port city Haiphong, according to Vietnam's Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC).
The MRCC asked the cargo ship to search for the sailors, while it mobilised rescue teams.
Four bodies were recovered while eight were rescued and brought back to shore, the MRCC said.
The Hosei Crown was travelling from Chua Ve port in Haiphong to the Philippines at the time of the crash.
"It was foggy" when the accident happened, the MRCC said in an online statement.
An investigation to determine the cause of the accident is ongoing, it added.
