HANOI - A Vietnamese oil tanker sank after colliding with another vessel, spilling tonnes of diesel off the country's southern coast, state media reported on Friday.
The tanker, operated by state oil monopoly Petrovietnam, went down on Thursday near Dai Hung oilfield with a cargo of 100 tonnes of diesel oil after crashing into a Liberian-flagged oil tanker, the Nhan Dan newspaper reported.
An oil spill appeared near the crash site, around 135 nautical miles southeast of the southern oil hub Vung Tau City, which is 125 km (75 miles) northeast of Ho Chi Minh City, the report said.
All 16 crew of the Vietnamese ship were rescued. There was no damage to the Liberian vessel.
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