Anxious wait for Vietnam families of the missing in Ha Long Bay boat sinking
Vietnam 's most popular tourist sites on Sunday, waiting for news of loved ones who were on a tourist boat that capsized, killing dozens.
Fruits and flowers were laid on the coast for the at least 38 killed in the wreckage on Saturday in what some called Ha Long Bay's worst-ever disaster.
As rescuers worked into Sunday morning to salvage the sunken boat, a handful of people were still missing.
The tourist vessel called 'Wonder Sea' had been carrying 53 people, including more than 20 children, around the Unesco World Heritage site, according to state media.
Hoang Quang rushed from Hanoi to Quang Ninh province at 2am on Sunday for news of his cousin and her family who were on the boat when it capsized.
The couple – a housewife and fruit seller married to a bus driver – had 'tried their best' to afford the trip around the world-famous bay.
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