Tourist boat capsizes during thunderstorm in Vietnam, leaving 34 dead

A vessel carrying tourists capsized during a abrupt thunderstorm successful Vietnam connected Saturday (July 19, 2025) day during a sightseeing excursion, sidesplitting 34 people, authorities media reported.

Eight others stay missing.

The Wonder Sea vessel was carrying 48 passengers and 5 unit members — each of them Vietnamese — during the circuit of Ha Long Bay, a fashionable destination for visitors, according to the reports.

Rescue workers saved 11 people, and recovered the dormant adjacent the tract of the capsizing, VNExpress paper said. Twenty-three radical stay missing.

Authorities had earlier reported that 12 radical had been rescued, but aboriginal revised the fig to 11.

The vessel turned upside down due to the fact that of beardown winds, the paper said. A 14-year-old lad was among the survivors, and helium was rescued 4 hours aft being trapped successful the overturned hull.

The paper said that astir of the passengers were tourists, including astir 20 children, from Hanoi, the country's capital.

A tropical tempest is besides moving toward the area. A nationalist upwind forecast said that Storm Wipha is expected to deed Vietnam's bluish region, including Ha Long Bay's seashore adjacent week.