Ha Tinh: 2 fishing boats and 8 fishermen lost contact and have safely reached shore

At noon on July 20, Mr. Nguyen Viet Cuong, Chairman of the People's Committee of Loc Ha commune (Ha Tinh province) said that 2 fishing boats and 8 fishermen in Loc Ha commune that had lost contact since the evening of July 19 had returned to shore safely.

Lach Ken Border Guard Station coordinated with functional forces and local authorities to pull the sunken ship ashore.

Previously, on the evening of July 19, heavy rain and big waves in the sea of Ha Tinh province caused the fishing boat with registration number HT 20015 TS owned and captained by Mr. NVT (residing in Loc Ha commune) and the fishing boat with registration number HT 90094 TS captained by Mr. NVH (residing in Loc Ha commune) to lose contact while exploiting seafood at sea.

Currently, a local resident who has not been contacted is Mr. LHC (born in 1987, residing in Tran Phu ward, Ha Tinh province). According to initial information, before that, at around 7:00 p.m. on July 19, Mr. LHC, a construction worker, was suspected of going swimming at Loc Ha beach and was swept away by the waves and has not been found (property and documents were found by the authorities near the beach). Currently, local authorities, authorities and local residents are searching.

Lach Ken Border Guard Station coordinated with functional forces and local authorities to help bring the ship safely ashore.

On the evening of July 19, the small fishing boat of Mr. TVH (born in 1962) and his partner Mr. HVM (both living in the same village) were fishing in coastal areas when they encountered big waves and strong winds, causing it to capsize and both fishermen fell into the sea. Afterwards, the rescue team promptly rescued fisherman TVH, who was holding a piece of wood floating at sea, while fisherman HVM is still out of contact.

At noon the same day, Lieutenant Colonel Doan Duc Long, Chief of Lach Ken Border Post (Ha Tinh Provincial Border Guard) said that up to this point, they have not been able to contact fisherman HVM (born in 1968, residing in Dong Tay village, Co Dam commune, Ha Tinh province). Functional forces, local authorities and people are coordinating to search for this fisherman.

According to statistics, the initial damage caused by the impact of storm No. 3 in Loc Ha commune caused 20 boats to sink (of which 19 boats were pulled ashore, and 1 boat was broken and sunk by waves); 15 shops and 2 houses had their roofs blown off. The initial estimated property damage is about 450 million VND.

DUONG QUANG

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/ha-tinh-2-tau-ca-va-8-ngu-dan-mat-lien-lac-da-vao-bo-an-toan-post804583.html