Two people are confirmed dead while two others have gone missing after a passenger boat capsized in Quang Tri province in central Vietnam on Thursday, February 19.
The unnamed vessel had seven passengers embarked and was transiting the Gianh River in Quang Tri's Tuyên Bình Commune when it suddenly capsized at around 11:30 local time on Thursday.
Residents of a nearby town who witnessed the capsizing immediately rendered assistance and pulled five of the boat's occupants out of the river. Tragically, two people, a 68-year-old woman and a three-year-old child, perished as a result of the incident.
The woman reportedly expired soon after she was brought ashore while the child was found unresponsive and was later pronounced deceased.
Local officials said two that other passengers, a 68-year-old man and a 14-year-old girl, have not yet been found and that search and rescue operations have been hampered by the river's deep waters.
Local media outlet Viet Nam News said that the boat's seven passengers were all members of the same family
