20/07/2025
🎯 At least 28 people have died and 14 people are still missing after a tourist boat capsized in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay during bad weather.
At least 37 dead as tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam.
Rescuers search for missing people after tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam. At least 37 people have died and several are still missing after a tourist boat capsized in Vietnam during bad weather.
The incident took place in Ha Long Bay, a popular tourist destination in the north of the country.
Most of the passengers were reportedly Vietnamese families visiting from the capital Hanoi.
Heavy rain has been hindering the search for survivors, rescuers say, but so far 11 people have been pulled from the water alive.
The vessel, named Wonder Seas, was carrying 53 people when it capsized after encountering a sudden storm, a statement from the Vietnamese Border Guards and navy said.
There were "hailstones as big as toes with torrential rain, thunderstorm and lightning", he said.
A 10-year-old boy was rescued after being trapped in an air pocket in the upturned hull, local media say.
