HCM City, Aug. 8 -- All 20 crew members aboard the Vietnamese oil tanker GT Unity were successfully rescued from a fire in the vessel's engine room, thanks to the swift response of the Liberian-flagged ship Androusa and Vietnamese maritime rescue teams.

At 11:52 a.m on August 8, the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre received reports from Androusa and the Cospas-Sarsat station on a fire caused by an electrical short circuit in the engine room of GT Unity, which has a gross tonnage of 7,631 tonnes. The incident occurred about 104 nautical miles south-southeast of Con Dao and 191 nautical miles south-southeast of Vung Tau Cape.

Upon receiving the reports, the centre immediately contacted Androusa, directing the ship to...