Border guards are urgently rescuing a capsized passenger boat in Ha Long Bay.

(Chinhphu.vn) - Rescue work is being urgently deployed, the highest priority is to ensure the safety of people and tourists.

Scene of the shipwreck in Ha Long Bay - Photo: QĐND

On the afternoon of July 19, ship QN 7105, while traveling on route 2, on Ha Long Bay ( Quang Ninh province), unfortunately capsized due to a sudden storm.

There were 48 passengers and 5 crew members on board. The Quang Ninh Provincial Military Command has advised the Provincial People's Committee to establish a search and rescue command center and will deploy search and rescue operations at night.

Immediately after the incident, the Quang Ninh Provincial Border Guard directed the Hon Gai Port Border Guard Station to coordinate with other forces to quickly approach the scene to search and rescue.

Comrade Vu Dai Thang, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee, directly directed the rescue work; assigned Comrade Pham Duc An, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, to be present at the scene to direct the rescue work, ensuring the safety of tourists and crew members.

Rescue work is being urgently deployed, the highest priority is to ensure the safety of people and tourists.

At 5:00 p.m. on July 19, Colonel Nguyen Quang Hoa, Commander of the Quang Ninh Provincial Border Guard, said that the unit coordinated with other forces to rescue 10 people.

Currently, the ship owner has not been contacted. According to the announcement of Hon Gai Port Border Gate, the border guards are urgently approaching to rescue.

By 5:45 p.m., 10 people had been rescued, including passengers and crew members (Quang Ninh Border Guard rescued 7 people, civilian boats rescued 3 people); 3 bodies had been recovered. By 6 p.m., 2 more survivors had been rescued.

Phuong Lien

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