Pleasure boat with tourists capsizes in Vietnam, 15 killed
A pleasure boat with 32 tourists and 3 crew members on board capsized near Phu Quoc Island in southern Vietnam.
Local news portal VnExpress reported this.
According to its data, the incident occurred shortly after the vessel left the port. For an unknown reason the boat capsized, and all passengers and crew members fell into the sea. “23 people were brought to shore, many of them in critical condition, and the bodies of 15 dead were also found,” emergency services reported.
Emergency services and rescuers continue to search for the remaining people while determining the cause of the accident. Most passengers of the sunken vessel were Indian tourists.
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