The Vietnamese Embassy in France will continue working closely with the host and authorities in Vietnam to support the family of a Vietnamese victim who was killed when a rubber boat capsized off the coast of Pas de Calais province.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh sent condolences to Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kang Kyung-Wha over a boat accident involving RoK tourists in Budapest, Hungary.
A total of 13 bodies were discovered as of July 6 noon after a tourist boat had overturned near the Thai island of Phuket a day earlier, reported the Thai News Agency (TNA).
Helicopters and divers were deployed early on July 6 as the rescue mission resumed to search for missing people after a tourist boat capsized in rough seas off the island of Phuket, Thailand a day before.
As of 6:30am on July 6, one person has been found dead and 53 others remain missing after a tourist boat capsized in high winds and rough seas off the tourist island of Phuket, Thailand on July 5.
One person was reported missing and four others were rescued when a boat capsized in Indonesia’s Lake Toba on June 22 evening, just days after another boat sank in the lake in Sumatra.
Indonesian authorities on June 22 used sonar technology in the search for victims going missing during a boat accident in Lake Toba, one of the world’s deepest lakes.
At least 13 people died after a passenger boat capsized off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, only two days after a similar accident in the archipelago killed at least nine on New Year’s Day, police said on January 5.
At least eight people were killed and 13 others went missing after a ferry with 48 passengers aboard capsized offshore Borneo island of Indonesia on January 1.
Four people were killed and 11 went missing after a ferry capsized on December 21 offshore the town of Real, 70km east of the Philippine capital city of Manila, according to local authorities.
A speedboat with 51 people onboard capsized off North Kalimantan province in central Indonesia on July 25, killing at least eight people, including two German tourists.
Twenty-three Chinese tourists have been rescued after their boat sank off the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah, a local authority confirmed on January 29.
The confirmed death toll of the boat accident on Chao Phraya River in Ayuthaya province of Thailand climbed to 29 on September 20 morning while three others are still missing.
Three foreign tourists were killed and one remains missing after a speed boat capsized off the Thai holiday island of Koh Samui, Thai police said on May 27.
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