
This image from a video provided by QDND shows people on a capsized tourist boat being rescued in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam on Saturday, July 19, 2025. QDND via AP
HA LONG BAY, Vietnam—A boat carrying tourists capsized during a sudden thunderstorm in Vietnam on Saturday afternoon during a sightseeing excursion, killing 37 people, state media reported. Five others remain missing.
The Wonder Sea boat was carrying 48 passengers and five crew members—all of them Vietnamese—on a tour of Ha Long Bay, a popular destination, according to the reports.