Crew of Russian cargo ship in trouble in Vietnam

The crew of the Russian cargo ship Tikhon Simushkin has been held up in Vietnam since May 2006 because of the ship owner’s debt for repairs of the Russian ship made in Vietnam.

The Prosecutor’s Office of Petropavlovsk- Kamchatsky has opened an investigation into the complaint lodged by the ship’s crew stranded at Hai Phong seaport, the regional prosecutor’s office told Tass on Monday.