HA LONG BAY, Vietnam — Eleven vacationers from the United States, Britain, Australia, Japan, Russia, France, Sweden, and Switzerland died along with their Vietnamese tour guide yesterday in Vietnam’s deadliest tour boat accident since the country opened to foreign visitors 25 years ago.
Nine foreigners and six Vietnamese survived by jumping overboard and swimming to other tour boats nearby.
Police are investigating what caused the accident and a Vietnamese official called for safety checks of the more than 100 tour boats that ply the bay.
Some survivors reported seeing a wooden plank ripping away from the ship around 5 a.m.
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