Dredger sinks in Vietnam, captain goes missing

Source: Xinhua| 2019-03-19 20:10:50|Editor: xuxin
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HO CHI MINH CITY, March 19 (Xinhua) -- A dredger with four Vietnamese people on board sank in a river in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday morning, and its captain went missing, Vietnam News Agency reported on Tuesday afternoon.

The dredger of a local company was dredging on Go Gia River in Can Gio district when it broke water and sank. Three out of the four people, all from southern Long An province, have been rescued.

Local divers are still searching for the 39-year-old captain named Do Tuan Cuong.

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