This symbol from a video supplied by way of QDND displays a frame being carried on stretcher nearest a vacationer boat capsized in Ha Lengthy Bay, Vietnam on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
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HA LONG BAY, Vietnam — A ship wearing vacationers capsized all through a surprising thunderstorm in Vietnam on Saturday afternoon all through a sightseeing tour, killing 34 crowd, surrounding media reported. 8 others stay lacking.
The Miracle Sea boat was once wearing 48 passengers and 5 staff contributors — they all Vietnamese — all through the excursion of Ha Lengthy Bay, a customery vacation spot for guests, in step with the stories.
Rescue employees stored 11 crowd, and recovered the useless akin the web page of the capsizing, VNExpress newspaper mentioned. Twenty-three crowd stay lacking. Government had previous reported that 12 crowd were rescued, however nearest revised the determine to 11.
The boat grew to become the wrong way up as a result of robust winds, the newspaper mentioned. A 14-year-old boy was once some of the survivors, and he was once rescued 4 hours nearest being trapped within the overturned hull.
The newspaper mentioned that many of the passengers have been vacationers, together with about 20 kids, from Hanoi, the rustic’s capital.
A tropical typhoon may be shifting towards the segment. A countrywide climate forecast mentioned that Typhoon Wipha is anticipated to strike Vietnam’s northern pocket, together with Ha Lengthy Bay’s coast nearest occasion.
