Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 26 sent a message of condolences to his Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio over the great loss of human lives and property as a tourist boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in northern Hokkaido prefecture.
At least two people were confirmed dead and 26 others were missing after a fishing boat carrying dozens of migrants sank off the coast of Indonesia, an Indonesian official said on March 21.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 26 sent his condolences to families of the victims who died in a boat accident on Cua Dai Beach, Quang Nam province, earlier the same day.
Rescuers had by 5:30pm February 26 saved 22 and found the bodies of 13 dead victims after a passenger boat sank offshore Cua Dai Beach in Hoi An ancient town in central Quang Nam province earlier the same day.
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.
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