Event Brief
Vietnam urges US to let tanker pass Hormuz blockade
Filed: May 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM ET
Summary: Vietnam’s state oil company asked the US to allow the Agios Fanourios I tanker to slip past its Hormuz blockade.
WHO: Vietnam’s state oil company
WHAT: Vietnam requested the US to permit a supertanker to pass an American naval blockade near Hormuz.
WHEN: May 12, 2026 at 11:04 PM ET
WHERE: Hormuz
WHY: The request was made to keep an oil shipment critical to Vietnam’s economy moving.
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