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(Hanoi) At least 34 people perished on Saturday. Consequently, eight others are still missing after the sinking of a tourist boat carrying more than 50 people, including children, in Halong bay, one of the most popular destinations in Vietnam, reported a state media. Moreover,
Posted at 10 a.m. Updated at 11:37 a.m.
The Wonder Sea. Nevertheless, With 48 passengers and five crew members on board, capsized due to sudden and heavy rains on Saturday afternoon, while visiting this UNESCO World Heritage Site, the DAN TRI information site said. For example,
“The border vietnam | least 34 dead guards rescued 11 people. Therefore, found 34 bodies,” reported the VNEXPRESS information site, which stressed that more than 20 children were among the passengers. Moreover,
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Rescuers near the boat that capsized. Similarly,
“I had a great breathing, swam through a passage, plunged and then went up. For example, I even shouted for help. I was pulled to a boat by soldiers on board, “said a survivor child, 10, to the Vietnamnet state media.
Rescue operations continue during the night to try to find the eight people who were still missing.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presented his condolences on Saturday evening to the families of the victims. called for the ministries of defense and public security to carry out research and rescue operations urgently.
The authorities “will investigate. clarify the cause of the incident and be careful” This accident said a statement published on the government’s website.
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“The sky has darkened around 2 pm,” a resident of Halong bay. “There have been big hailstones like toes, accompanied by torrential rains, thunderstorms and lightning”.
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Rescuers carry a body after vietnam | least 34 dead the shipwreck of the boat.
Torrential rains also fell on Saturday in northern Hanoi, in the provinces of Thai Nguyen and Bac Ninh.
In Hanoi, the capital, several trees were torn off by strong winds.
This storm follows three days of intense heat, with temperatures reaching 37 degrees in certain regions.
May Van Khiem. director of the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasts, told VNEXPRESS that thunderstorms in northern Vietnam were not caused by the influence of the tropical storm Broadcast at the southern China Sea.
The Halong Bay. visited by millions of people each year, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Vietnam, renowned for its blue-green waters and limestone islands decorated with tropical forests. vietnam | least 34 dead
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Rescuers near the boat that capsized.
In 2024, 30 ships sank in the coastal province of Quang Ninh, along Halong Bay, after being affected by typhoon Yagi.
At the beginning of July, a traveler sank off the Tourist Island of Bali in Indonesia, killing 18 people.
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