Vietnamese man tries to row dinghy from Thailand to India to see wife
by Agence France-Presse in Bangkok from World news | The Guardian on (#5XF59)
Ho Hoang Hung set off with no navigation system after spending two years apart because of Covid restrictions
A Vietnamese man who tried to row 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) from Thailand to India to see his wife has been taken into custody after being rescued off the Thai coast.
Ho Hoang Hung set off from the holiday island of Phuket in an inflatable rubber dinghy, equipped with water and instant noodles but no navigation system, planning to cross the Bay of Bengal not long before the start of cyclone season.
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