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	HMTS Tak Bai escorted the vessels to a harbour under Second Naval Area Command in Songkhla province. The Vietnamese vessels were caught fishing around Bong Kod Tai drilling rig in the Gulf of Thailand.</div>
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	Rear Admiral Sittiporn Maskasem, Chief of Staff of the Second Naval Command, supervised the investigation and provided food for the detained crew-members.</div>
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	The Nation</div>

Vietnam vessels detained for illegal fishing

<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Nongluck is a senior economic journalist covering the macroeconomics, real estate, and corporate investment strategies driving growth across Thailand and Southeast Asia</span></span><span lang="TH" style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Angsana New&quot;,serif">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

Vietnam vessels detained for illegal fishing

The Thai Navy on Friday detained three Vietnamese vessels with 17 crew for illegally fishing in Thai territorial waters.

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