A tour boat numbered QN 2070 with 28 French nationals, one Vietnamese tour guide and 12 sailors on board sank in Ha Long Bay at 3:00 pm May 8.

The boat belongs to a company named Hai Long Ltd. Company in Ha Long city.

Eyewitness said that the accident occurred at around 3:15 pm at a berth situated at the Sung Sot cave, 300 meters away from Ti Top Island.

The boat got cracked after being hit by another boat. After the incident, many boats nearby immediately came to their rescue.

Waterway traffic police and officials from Ha Long Bay’s management board arrived at the scene to attempt a rescue. There is no any report of human casualties.

After being rescued, the tourists continued their trip on another boat owned by Hai Long Company to Sung Sot cave.

Three months ago, twelve people, most of them foreign tourists, died when their tour boat suddenly sank while they were sleeping near Ti Top Island.

Ha Long Bay’s 1,600 islands and islets form a spectacular seascape of mostly uninhabited limestone pillars made famous by the 1992 French movie “Indochine.”

The Bay was recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1994.

Source: VNE