US EditionDeath Toll Reaches 37 After Tourist Boat Capsizes in Ha Long Bay
HA LONG BAY, QUANG NINH PROVINCE, VIETNAM, JUL 20 – The Wonder Sea capsized due to strong winds from Storm Wipha, killing 34 mostly Vietnamese tourists including children, with 11 survivors rescued amid ongoing search efforts.
- On July 19, 2025, the Wonder Sea boat capsized in Ha Long Bay at 2pm, carrying 53 people during a storm.
- Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage site, attracts millions annually as Storm Wipha is forecasted to make landfall early next week, bringing strong winds and heavy rain.
- Rescue workers have rescued 12 people, recovered three bodies, and a 14-year-old boy survived four hours in an air pocket, with video showing two others being rescued on a smaller boat.
- A government statement vowed to "investigate and clarify the cause of the incident and strictly handle violations", and flights were diverted due to storm disruptions.
- At least eight people remain missing while operations continue, with search teams frantically looking for missing victims, navy, border guards and police mobilised 27 boats and two rescue craft.
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Dang Anh Tuan was on holiday with eleven friends on a boat in Ha Long Bay. Now only three of them are alive, including Dang himself, after the boat capsized. “I followed a streak of light and swam out,” he tells Sky News.
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The Washington PostTourist boat capsizes in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay, killing dozens
Dozens of people are dead after a tourist boat capsized during a storm in northeastern Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay, according to state media reports, as rescue operations continued into the early hours Sunday.
Ha Long Bay Boat Capsizes in Sudden Storm, 34 Dead
A devastating boat accident unfolded on July 19, 2025, when the Wonder Sea tourist vessel overturned during a violent thunderstorm in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. At least 34 people, including multiple children, lost their lives, while eleven survivors have been rescued—including a 14-year-old boy who endured nearly four hours trapped in an air pocket under the hull. The vessel, carrying 48 passengers and five crew members—all reportedly Vietnamese—cap…
The boat was hit by a storm, according to local media, which caused it to gnaw at the 58 people on board.
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