A tourist boat capsized due to heavy rains hitting this site, one of the most touristy in Vietnam. The balance sheet could still increase.
At least 34 people perished on Saturday and eight others are still missing after the sinking of a tourist boat carrying more than 50 people, including children, in Along Bay, one of the most popular destinations in Vietnam, reported a state media.
The Wonder Sea, with 48 passengers and five crew members on board, capsized due to sudden and heavy rains on Saturday afternoon, while it visited this UNESCO World Heritage Site, the DAN TRI information site said. “The border guards rescued 11 people and found 34 bodies”reported the VNEXPRESS information site, which stressed that more than 20 children were among the passengers.
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“I had a great breathing, swam through a passage, plunged and then went up. I even shouted for help and I was pulled to a boat by soldiers on board ”told a survivor child, 10 years old, 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 and called for the ministries of defense and public security to carry out research and rescue operations urgently. Authorities “Will investigate and clarify the cause of the incident and treat with rigor” This accident said a statement published on the government’s website.
“Big greens like toes”
“Heaven darkened around 2 pm”he declared to the AFP Tran Trong Hung, a resident of the Bay of Halong. “There were big hailstones like toes, accompanied by torrential rains, thunderstorms and lightning”. 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 Wipha tropical storm in 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.
In 2024, 30 ships sank in the coastal province of Quang Ninh, along Halong Bay, after being affected by Typhon Yagi. At the beginning of July, a ferry sank off the tourist island of Bali in Indonesia, killing 18 people.
