Tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay
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Rescuers were desperately searching for five people still missing on Sunday after 37 were killed when a boat capsized in one of Vietnam's most popular tourist destinations.Ha Long Bay is one of Vietnam's most popular tourist destinations,
At around 1:30am on July 20, the tourist boat QN-7105, which capsized in Ha Long Bay on July 19, was lifted to the surface. During the salvage operation, rescue teams discovered three more victims inside the vessel.
A tourist boat ferrying families around Vietnam’s wolf famed Ha Long Bay capsized in a storm on Saturday afternoon, leaving at least 34 people dead, according to state media reports, as rescuers scrambled to locate the missing.
Following the deadly boat capsizing in Ha Long Bay, nine injured victims are being treated at local hospitals in Quang Ninh.
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