BANGKOK: A Vietnamese man who tried to row 2,000 kilometers from Thailand to India to see his wife was in custody on Thursday after being rescued off the Thai coast, a senior navy official told Agence France-Presse.
Ho Hoang Hung set off from the Thai holiday island of Phuket in an inflatable rubber dinghy, equipped with water and instant noodles but no navigation system, planning to cross the Bay of Bengal near the start of cyclone season.
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