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Vietnamese ships wreck in South China Sea: report

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-07-17 14:33

HAIKOU - Several Vietnamese ships have wrecked in waters off the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea as storms associated with typhoon Conson slammed the area, provincial authorities said Saturday.

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The number of casualties is unknown and rescue operations are underway, the maritime affairs bureau of South China's Hainan province said in a statement Saturday.

The authorities received reports of the wrecks Saturday morning and are confirming the number of wrecked ships and the number of people aboard them.