The rescue team rescues the crew members after the attack in the Gulf of Aden, Yemen, on March 6, 2024. — AFP/VNA Photo

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 Nguyễn Huy Dũng said on March 10 that the survivors and the body of seafarer Đặng Duy Kiên, 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 – Phạm Văn Thành, 39, from the northern port city of Hải Phòng; Nguyễn Văn Tảo, 36, from the northern province of Hải Dương; and Phùng Văn An, 33, from the northern province of Nam Định – as they have lost all their personal documents, Dũng 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 Việt Nam.  

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. — VNS