Hanoi, Vietnam, July 26, 2026 (AFP) - 17 missing after Vietnamese ship sinks in South China Sea: Hanoi

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Rescuers were searching for 17 missing people on Sunday after a Vietnamese cargo ship carrying 62 sank during stormy weather in the contested South China Sea, Vietnam's foreign ministry said. Vietnamese authorities arrived at the scene after the vessel Khoi Nguyen 18 "sank while operating in bad weather conditions in the East Sea", foreign ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said in a statement to AFP. Beijing claims the South China Sea, known as......

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