Boat Travelled Barely 300 Metres Before Toppling: Indian Witness In Vietnam
A boat carrying Indian tourists capsized off the coast of Vietnam, resulting in multiple fatalities. Survivors reported that the vessel overturned shortly after departing the island, with rescue efforts hampered by a lack of immediate medical support.
Why it matters
This incident highlights the risks associated with international tourism and the critical need for safety protocols and emergency medical preparedness in popular travel destinations.
A boat carrying a group of Indian tourists that capsized off an island in south Vietnam on Saturday had barely travelled 300-400 metres from the shore when it suddenly overturned, an Indian national who witnessed the tragedy said.Ashish Kumar, a 48-year-old distributor of a mobile phone company from Andhra Pradesh's Guntur, said the tourists were divided into batches and ferried to the island as part of a company outing."We had all gone there as sellers, distributors and employees of Lava Mobile. We reached Vietnam on July 9 and were supposed to return to India on Sunday morning," Kumar told PTI over the phone.According to him, one of the three boats, carrying 32 Indian tourists, had left the Hon May Rut Ngoai island for another island, while the remaining two groups were still on Hon May Rut Ngoai, taking photographs."The incident happened around 1:30 pm local time.
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