Ship sinks off central Vietnam with 1,500 tons of fly ash By Viet Quoc March 15, 2021 | 06:12 pm GMT+7 Seven crew members saved from a sunken ship off Mui Ne in the south central coast on March 14, 2021. Photo by Mui Ne border guards. A 2,560-ton ship carrying 1,500 tons of fly ash sank Sunday night off the Mui Ne coast, but the seven people on board were saved. The ship, Bach Dang, drifted into waters off Hon Rom - Mui Ne in the south central Binh Thuan Province on its way to carry fly ash from Vinh Tan 2 thermal power plant in the province to the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.