28 dead after tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay: state media tmh/sjc
'On the afternoon of July 19, the Wonder Sea tourist boat carrying 53 people capsized. Vietnamese Border Guards and navy rescued 11 people and recovered 28 bodies,' VNExpress news site reported.
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