One has died and 7 others are missing after "Gas Shanghai" carrier collided with a small vessel which subsequently sank off Vietnam on May, 15.

A pilot was onboard the 3,500-cbm "Gas Shanghai" at the time of the collision as the vessel made its way out of the Saigon River having discharged its cargo in Ho Chi Minh City.

The 2,152-dwt general cargo vessel "Hoang Dat 36" (Vietnam) sank within an hour of the collision. 8 other crew members onboard at the time of the incident are believed to have been rescued.

The Vietnam-flagged "Hoang Dat 36" was on route from Jakarta to Vietnam with 2,000 tons of tin sheets.