Vietnamese fishermen on board a fishing boat operating off the coast of Nha Trang City in south central Vietnam found and rescued two Russian men who were lying motionless on a motorboat drifting at sea on Monday morning.
Nguyen Tan Nguyen, 32, the captain of the fishing boat, KH 97787 TS, said he handed the foreigners, Klagv Vitor Vaxileta, 56, and Bagetxki Denix Alexangrvir, 32, to the border gate station in Cam Hai Dong Commune, Cam Lam District, the south central province of Khanh Hoa on the afternoon of the same day.
Nha Trang is the capital city of Khanh Hoa, about 450 km northeast of Ho Chi Minh City.
Nguyen reported to the station that he and six fishermen were fishing on their boat near Hon Noi Island, about 15 nautical miles off Nha Trang this morning when they discovered a powerboat drifting at sea.
When getting close to the motorboat, Nguyen saw the foreigners lying motionless, likely due to exhaustion, on their vessel.
Nguyen and his crewmembers then moved the foreigners from their motorboat to the fishing boat and gave them first aid.
After receiving care, the foreigners gradually recovered.and the rescuers fed them with instant noodles and milk.
Nguyen reported the case to competent agencies and towed the powerboat ashore at Bai Dai Beach in Cam Hai Dong Commune at 1:30 pm.
At the above-mentioned border gate station, the foreigners told border guards that after drinking liquor, they hired a motorboat to make a cruise off the Nha Trang coast.
After a while of travel, the powerboat ran out of petrol and drifted freely at sea for hours, causing them to be exhausted due to lack of food and drinking water, the Russian tourists said.
The local border guard force is taking necessary procedures to hand over the foreigners to competent agencies.
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Đăng ký: VietNam News