Who died on 15.1.08 near Spratly?

Nguyen Thi My Hoa (wife of Nguyen Van Goi, captain of sunken boat in pain over husband's death only a few weeks before the traditional Vietnamese New Year)

(Family members of deceased fishermen gather at the father of Nguyen Van Goi's house to mourn and to find support from one another. The people in Phu Dong, Tuy Hoa were sleepless for several days over the news of the tragedy)

These are the ten fishermen who died on 15 January as a result of their boat being sunken by the Chinese naval patrol boat:

1. Nguyễn Văn Gọi (boat captain)- 1973

2. Nguyễn Văn Điện (brother of Gọi) - 1970. Dien's wife, Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy, can only embrace their children in constant sobbing for the lost life of husband and father. No one knows how their future will be now that there is no one to depend on for a living. Dien loaned 120 million dong to buy equipments. Calamity fell after only two trips to sea.

3. Dương Chung - 1979

4. Mai Xuân Phương - 1966

5. Đào Văn Sen - 1978. Sen leaves behind a wife and four children. The oldest is 10, the youngest is 6. The family has no land, no field. Everyone depended on him to eat. "In the years left, we don't know who to depend on to live," said his wife Nguyen Thi Hop.

6. Trần Vương - 1979

7. Võ Chương - birthdate unknown

8. Nguyễn Kỳ Quí - 1983

9. Đặng Kim Hùng - 1984

10. Đặng Kim Hào - 1986 (brother of Dang Kim Hung). Before their trip, the two brothers promised to buy new clothes for their younger siblings to wear for the traditional Vietnamese New Year. Their promise could not be realized.