Nightmare at holiday spot, over 35 dead


Trouble at sea: Tourist boat ‘Wonder Sea’ is returned to an upright position and towed to a shipyard for investigation after it capsized during a thunderstorm in Ha Long Bay. — AP

Rescuers search­­ed desperately yesterday for four people still missing after at least 35 were killed when a boat capsized at one of Vietnam’s most popular tourist destinations.

The tourist boat ferrying families around Vietnam’s famed Ha Long Bay was lashed by a sudden storm Saturday in one of the deadliest disasters at the Unesco World Heritage site.

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