HANOI: Eighteen people were killed and at least 40 were missing and feared dead after a boat carrying Vietnamese tourists sank off the coast of southern Vietnam, officials said yesterday.
The accident happened on Friday after the pump system broke down on the fishing boat that its owner was illegally using to ferry visitors from Ca Mau province to an island 25km from the mainland.
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