Fishing boat found washed ashore at Cua Tung with fishing gear still intact, suspected to be carrying missing fishermen.

QTO - On December 19th, the Cua Viet Port Border Guard Station, under the Quang Tri Provincial Border Guard Command, announced the discovery of a drifting fishing boat with its fishing gear and mobile phone still intact, but the fishermen are suspected to be missing.

Border guards, in coordination with local authorities and residents, salvaged the fishing boat and brought it ashore - Photo by DT.

Earlier, at around 6:30 AM on the same day, at the community beach in Ben Hai commune, residents discovered a fishing boat, 5.8m long and 1.8m wide, drifting ashore. The boat still had its machinery, fishing gear, and a mobile phone on board.

Immediately afterwards, the unit coordinated with the local authorities to make a widespread announcement. At 7:00 AM the same day, Ms. Ho Thi Tinh (born in 1984), residing in An Hoa 2 village, Cua Tung commune, came to confirm that it was her family's fishing boat.

According to initial information from the family, the fishing boat that drifted ashore belonged to Mr. Ho Ngoc Chau (born in 1982), residing in An Hoa 2 village, Cua Tung commune, who regularly used it for coastal fishing in the waters of Cua Tung commune. The initial assessment suggests that Mr. Chau may have fallen into the sea.

The Cua Viet Port Border Guard Station has notified other forces to gather information and deploy search teams to look for the suspected missing fishermen.

Dinh Tien

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/xa-hoi/202512/tau-ca-dat-vao-cua-tung-con-nguyen-ngu-luoi-cu-nghi-ngu-dan-mat-tich-4a44e43/