On the afternoon of May 3, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Cuc - Chairman of the People's Committee of Yen Hoa commune (Cam Xuyen district, Ha Tinh province) said that at around 11:00 a.m. the same day, Yen Hoa commune police coordinated with Thien Cam Border Guard Station and a fishing boat of a fisherman to pick up a fisherman's body in the waters of Yen Hoa commune and bring it to shore.
The location where the body was discovered was about 5 nautical miles from shore. When pulled up, the victim's body was in a state of severe decomposition.
The victim's identity was later identified as Le Tuan A (born in 2005, residing in Van Hai commune, Quynh Luu district, Nghe An province).
This is one of three fishermen in the Ngo An fishing boat with registration number NA 80209-TS sinking on March 18, leaving three people missing.
The authorities then contacted the local authorities of the victim's hometown to inform relatives.
"Currently, relatives have come to receive and bring the bodies of these fishermen back to their hometown for funerals and burials," Chairman of Yen Hoa Commune People's Committee shared.
As Lao Dong reported, on March 18, the NA 80-209-TS fishing boat had 4 crew members on board who sank about 20 nautical miles from shore in the waters of Nghe An - Ha Tinh.
In particular, fisherman Tran Van Huu (30 years old, residing in Van Hai commune, Quynh Luu district, Nghe An) holding a lifebuoy swimming for hours at sea was promptly rescued by another fishing boat and border guards.
The remaining 3 fishermen are missing. On the afternoon of March 29, the body of fisherman Bui Sy Nh (born in 1977, residing in Thuan Long commune, Quynh Luu district, Nghe An province) was found washed ashore in Xuan Lien commune (Nghi Xuan district, Ha Tinh).
On the morning of March 30, the body of fisherman Nguyen Van C (45 years old, permanent address in Van Hai commune, Quynh Luu district, Nghe An) who was the captain of a fishing boat with the registration number NA 809.TS that sank was also found when drifting ashore in Cuong Gian commune (Nghi Xuan district, Ha Tinh province).
