The rescue team helping crew members after the attack in the Gulf of Aden, Yemen, on March 6, 2024. — AFP/VNA
CAIRO: The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and Djibouti is working to complete the necessary procedures to repatriate Vietnamese sailors on the Barbados-flagged True Confidence cargo ship, which was struck by a Houthi ballistic missile off the coast of Yemen on March 6.
Ambassador Nguyen Huy Dung said on March 10 that the survivors and the body of seafarer Danf Duy Kien, now in Djibouti city, Djibouti, will be brought home as soon as possible.
The embassy has coordinated with the Vietnamese Embassy in the United Arab Emirates and relevant sides in re-granting passports to the surviving crewmen – Pham Van Thanh, 39, from the northern port city of Hai Phong; Nguyen Van Tao, 36, from the northern province of Hai Duong; and Phung Van An, 33, from the northern province of Nam Dinh – as they have lost all their personal documents, Dung told the Vietnam News Agency in Cairo.
The three would receive their new passports in the next one or two days, the diplomat said.
According to the ambassador, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Djibouti has supported the countries whose citizens are victims of the fatal Houthi attack, including Vietnam.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and Djibouti is also working together with relevant agencies in Djibouti to quickly complete the necessary papers to repatriate the deceased's body in line with legal regulations of concerned countries and international practices, he said. — Vietnam News/ANN
