Vietnam seeks regional help as Storm Hagibis nears

HANOI, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Vietnam has asked nearby countries to give shelter to thousands of its fishermen from a tropical storm now nearing the Spratly archipelago in the South China Sea, the government said on Wednesday.

Nearly 74,000 fishermen were working off Vietnam's coast in the path of Storm Hagibis as of early Wednesday, 58 of them have sought permission to take shelter at a Philippine island, the government said in a disaster report.

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