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| Death toll in Vietnam tourist boat crash rises to 27 |
| 2025-07-20 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] . The death toll from the wreck of a tourist boat that capsized off the east coast of Vietnam has risen to 27. This was reported on July 19 by Reuters, citing local authorities. "At least 27 people, eight of them children, died after a tourist boat capsized in stormy weather in Vietnam's Halong Bay on Saturday," the publication said. It was also noted that most of the victims were Vietnamese, originally from Hanoi. Information on the nationalities of all the victims is still being clarified. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on July 19, a tourist boat sank in northern Vietnam. The incident occurred in Halong Bay in the South China Sea due to adverse weather conditions. There were 53 people on board - five crew members and 48 tourists. After receiving a signal about the incident, local authorities deployed emergency services to conduct a rescue operation. They managed to save 22 people, and several bodies were also found. |
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