Rescuers scour South China Sea for 23 missing after Vietnamese vessel sinks

Search and rescue teams are searching the South China Sea for twenty-three missing crew members after the cargo vessel Khoi Nguyen 18 sank near Fiery Cross Reef. The ship carried sixty-two Vietnamese nationals when it ran into distress, according to Channel NewsAsia, citing China's state broadcaster CCTV. Fiery Cross Reef sits in the contested Spratly Islands, a stretch of the South China Sea claimed by multiple countries.

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