Oil tanker Aulac Fortune’s sailors return home for Tet
Nine sailors of Vietnamese oil tanker Aulac Fortune which caught fire off the coast of Hong Kong have returned home to welcome the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).
Vietnamese Consul General in Hong Kong Tran Thanh Huan (fifth from left) sees the sailors off. (Photo: VNA)
Hong Kong (VNA) – Nine sailors of Vietnamese oil tanker AulacFortune which caught fire off the coast of Hong Kong have returned home towelcome the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).
Vietnamese Consul General in Hong Kong Tran Thanh Huan arrived at Chek Lap KokInternational Airport to see the sailors off.
Earlier, from January 25-27, the Aulac Joint Stock Company – the owner of theship - completed procedures to take 13 sailors, and nine relatives of three othercrewmen who died in the incident, home.
According to Huan, funeral services will be held for the deceased following DNAtests from Hong Kong authorities. The General Consulate will continue supportin visa granting for relatives of the dead sailors so that they can settlerelated procedures.
OnJanuary 8, an explosion on the vessel caused it to catch on fire while the17,500-tonne tanker was preparing to be refueled about a kilometre south ofLamma Island.
At that time, there were 27 people on board, including 25 Vietnamese and two ofthe Hong Kong fuel supply vessel. Twenty-four people were saved while one diedand two others missing.
After the search and rescue mission finished,Hong Kong authorities confirmed that three crewmen died in the incident, namelyTran Hoang Phong (born in 1986, from Nghe An province), Nguyen Van Cong (bornin 1984, from Ben Tre province) and Pham The Dung (born in 1961, from Ho ChiMinh City).-VNA
One Vietnamese sailor has died and two others are still missing after the Vietnamese oil tanker Aulac Fortune caught fire off the coast of Hong Kong on January 8, reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Vietnamese Consulate General in Hong Kong (China) is joining hands with local competent authorities to look for two missing Vietnamese sailors, and identify one deceased in the oil tanker blaze in Hong Kong’s southern waters on January 8.
The Vietnamese Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau (China) on January 9 met with sides relevant in an oil tanker blaze in Hong Kong’s southern waters to find the causes of the incident and discuss search and rescue measures.
Hong Kong search and rescue team on January 11 found the body of a missing crewman in the fire of Vietnamese oil tanker Aulac Fortune near the coast of Lantau island off Hong Kong (China).
A body believed to be the second missing crewman of Vietnamese oil tanker Aulac Fortune that caught fire off the coast of Hong Kong (China) on January 8 has been found.
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Vietnamese Consul General in Hong Kong Tran Thanh Huan (fifth from left) sees the sailors off. (Photo: VNA) 
