<figure id="attachment_3288092" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3288092" style="width: 1599px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3288092 size-full" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/66f59097-afp__20250719__679v2we__v2__midres__topshotvietnamaccident_cropped_1.webp" alt="" width="1599" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3288092" class="wp-caption-text">A tourist boat capsized in Vietnam&#8217;s Ha Long Bay last year, killing at least 37 people. (AFP pic)</figcaption></figure>
HANOI: Six people were killed when a passenger boat collided with a vessel hauling stone and capsized on a lake in northern Vietnam, state media said today.
The two vessels collided on Thac Ba lake, a popular tourist site in the northern province of Lao Cai, on Saturday evening, with 17 of 23 people on board the passenger boat rescued after it capsized, the state-run Lao Dong newspaper said.
&#8220;Six bodies, including those of two children, were recovered by authorities on Sunday,&#8221; it said.
&#8220;The passenger boat was carrying families visiting relatives for Tet, Vietnam&#8217;s Lunar New Year,&#8221; the paper said.
The &#8220;tragic incident occurred&#8221; on Saturday afternoon while people were on their way home, said Nguyen Hoang Long, Communist Party committee secretary of Cam Nhan commune, according to Lao Dong.
&#8220;The operator of the other vessel involved was not hurt,&#8221; it said.
Authorities were investigating the cause of the incident, state media outlet VnExpress said.
A tourist boat capsized in Vietnam&#8217;s Ha Long Bay last year, killing at least 37 people.

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