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Acting President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on September 25 sent condolences to Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli over a recent ferry accident on Lake Victoria in the East African country that claimed over 200 lives and left many missing.

A ferry accident took place near the port city of Pathein in western Myanmar on April 7, killing 20 people.

At least 23 people were killed, 20 were wounded and 17 others went missing after a ferry with about 200 people aboard caught fire off the coast of Jakarta, Indonesia, on January 1.

Rescuers have recovered 32 bodies from a ferry accident on the Chindwin river in central region, said Myanmar authorities on October 17.

A total of 71 passengers have been saved from a ferry accident in the strait between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Java, but four are still unaccounted for, local officials said on March 4.

Indonesian authority announced on December 29 an end to the search and rescue mission for victims of a passenger boat that sank in rough seas off the coast of Sulawesi Island 10 days ago.