A Filipino crewman has been admitted to hospital after suffering an electric shock on a tanker off Vietnam.

Vietnam Net reported that the seafarer was brought ashore at Nha Trang city from the 7,900-dwt Penyuan (built 2009) on Sunday.

Romeil Orbit Murillo, born in 1989, was the subject of a medical request for help while the vessel was en route from Ho Chi Minh City to China.