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Vietnamese man found paddling alone towards India

Ho Hoang Hung, 37, is helped off his inflatable boat about 80 kilometres off Phangnga province on Wednesday. (Navy photo)

PHANGNA: A Vietnamese man was rescued from an inflatable boat after he was found paddling alone towards India to see his wife, from whom he had been separated by Covid-19.

A representative from the Third Fleet said that Panya Permwongnitikorn, steersman of Tor Khrong Phet Rung Ruang fishing boat, reported at 11.50am on Wednesday that a man was seen paddling an inflatable boat about 14 kilometres off the Similan Islands and about 80 kilometres off Phangnga. There was a drinking water bottle and a suitcase on the rubber boat.

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