Scene of the shipwreck in Ha Long Bay. 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 for 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.

Forces are approaching the scene to rescue victims on the capsized passenger ship.

Quang Ninh Provincial Border Guard deployed 5 boat crews, 35 officers and soldiers led by Colonel Tran Van Thanh, Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff to conduct search and rescue at the scene. The ship sank in the Gia Luan Cat Hai area. The cause was determined to be a large tornado at around 2:00 p.m.

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.

Forces arrived at the scene to rescue victims on the capsized passenger ship.

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

By 6 p.m., two more survivors were rescued.

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