Two Filipinos dead, sixteen missing in ship sinking: govt

The cargo ship Bulk Jupiter went down on January two off the coast of Vung letter of the alphabet town then way, only 1 Filipino crewman has been reclaimed alive, the department aforementioned during a statement, while not specifying why the ship sank.

 2 Filipino sailors have died and sixteen others square measure missing once their ship sank in waters close to Vietnam, the Philippine foreign department aforementioned Sunday.

About ten p.c of Filipinos work overseas -- with several acting on consignment ships -- attracted by the upper salaries than they'll earn reception. Their remittances square measure a significant pillar supporting the country´s economy.

Vietnamese authorities square measure leading the rescue operations and have recovered 2 bodies and square measure still sorting out the opposite sixteen crew, the statement aforementioned quoting the embassy in Hanoi.