4 crew members who died in Nghe An received insurance benefits of more than 3.4 billion VND

Also attending were Mr. Bui Hoang Minh - Deputy General Director of AIA Vietnam Life Insurance; Mr. Ha Van Phuc - Director of AIA General Agency Office in Nghe An and some company members.

Mr. Bui Hoang Minh - Deputy General Director of AIA Vietnam visited and encouraged the families of the sailors in distress. Photo: Viet Hung

After the incident of fishing boat NA - 958.99 TS of fishermen in Tien Thuy commune (Quynh Luu) being suddenly collided with the Pacific 01 ship on its journey from Binh Thuan to Cam Pha (Quang Ninh), causing the ship to sink at sea about 34 nautical miles south of Bach Long Vi island, Hai Phong city on June 28, the Pacific 01 ship then lowered a life buoy and rescued 9 fishermen, 10 people were missing. At 11:00 a.m. on June 29, the search force recovered the body of Nguyen Van Hoa. After nearly 1 month of focusing on searching for the remaining 9 missing crew members, from July 17 to 21, the rescue force discovered 3 more bodies of crew members at the location of the sunken ship and immediately brought them to shore for identification procedures; 6 crew members are still missing.

Immediately after the DNA test results were available and the identities of the four unfortunate fishermen who died were identified as customers of AIA Vietnam, the Company's professional departments coordinated with the AIA General Agent Office in Nghe An to quickly verify and, together with the families of the unfortunate fishermen, complete the documents to settle insurance benefits for the victims.

AIA Vietnam Life Insurance Company Limited organized a delegation to visit, encourage and pay insurance benefits, with a total amount of more than 3.4 billion VND to the families of 4 fishermen participating in insurance at AIA Vietnam.

AIA Life Insurance paid insurance benefits to relatives of two crew members Nguyen Van Hoa and Nguyen Tuan Phong in Tien Thuy commune (Quynh Luu). Photo: Viet Hung

Paying insurance benefits to relatives of crew member Ho Ba Lam in Tien Thuy commune (Quynh Luu). Photo: Viet Hung

At the families the delegation visited, representatives of AIA Vietnam Life Insurance Company Limited and members of the delegation kindly visited and encouraged the relatives of the fishermen who were unfortunate enough to have met with the recent shipwreck, and tried to overcome the pain and loss.

Mr. Bui Hoang Minh - Deputy General Director of AIA Vietnam Business shared: "Paying insurance benefits is fulfilling the commitment to customers who have placed their trust in AIA Vietnam. Although we understand that nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one, we hope that resolving insurance benefits quickly and promptly will partly share the pain and help families stabilize their lives soon."

It is known that after 19 years of operation in Vietnam, up to now, AIA Vietnam has paid insurance benefits to hundreds of thousands of cases with an amount of more than 6,300 billion VND; of which, the amount of insurance benefits paid to customers in Nghe An is nearly 300 billion VND./.