At least 12 people have drowned after a tour boat sank in Halong Bay, a top Vietnam tourist attraction.
The victims were holidaymakers from Britain, the US, Australia, Japan, Russia, France, Sweden and Switzerland, along with a Vietnamese tour guide.
They were on a tour of the Unesco World Heritage Site in the Quang Ninh province.
According to the latest Reuters report, 15 people, including nine foreigners, were rescued from the boat, which is believed to have broken without warning just before dawn.
Many tourists stay overnight on boats at the tourist hotspot, so were likely to have been asleep when the accident happened.
By Bev Fearis
