Thursday, September 18, 2008

Vietnam returns 17 Cambodian boatmen

18/09/2008
VNA (Hanoi)

VietNamNet Bridge – Southern Vung Tau Province has handed over 17 Cambodian boatmen, who were saved from a boat drifting on Vietnamese sea early September, to the Ho Chi Minh City-based Cambodian General Consulate.

The hand-over took place at the Moc Bai international border gate in the southwestern border province of Tay Ninh on September 17.

The accommodation and meal costs during their stay in Vung Tau City were fully covered by Vietnam at the Cambodian request.

They were part of a group of 58 crewmen holding the citizenship of Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia, who were found collapsed aboard a ship on the Vietnamese waters on September 6. They were brought safe by Vietnamese fishermen and border guards later on.

Provincial border guards and external affairs service finished paper work for two Thai crewmen to return home on September 10 and for two other Laotians one day later.

Provincial border guards said they will return 37 Myanmar victims next week.

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