
According to official media, a tourist boat transporting families around Vietnam’s renowned Ha Long Bay collapsed on Saturday, leaving at least 28 people dead and over a dozen missing According to the Dan Tri news site, the ship sunk in the UNESCO World Heritage site due to unexpectedly severe rain while carrying 48 tourists and five crew members.
According to a source on the VNExpress news website, the majority of the passengers were families traveling from the capital, Hanoi, and there were over 20 children on board. “Border guards rescued 12 people and recovered 18 bodies,” it continued. The search for the scores of people who were still missing was expected to go throughout the night. While conducting a search and rescue operation in Quang Ninh province’s Ha Long Bay, relief workers assemble around a capsized tourist boat (L). AFP
In addition to expressing his sympathies to the families of the deceased, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged the public security and military ministries to launch an immediate search and rescue operation. According to a statement posted on the government website, authorities will “investigate and clarify the cause of the incident and strictly handle violations.
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