Six people were killed after the boat they were riding in collided with another vessel and subsequently capsized in Lao Cai province in northern Vietnam on Saturday, February 21.
The unidentified passenger boat was transiting a lake when the incident occurred on Saturday afternoon (local time).
Local authorities conducted search and rescue operations and recovered 17 survivors including the boat's operator as well as the bodies of six deceased individuals over the next 48 hours. The deceased also included two small children.
State news outlet VnExpress has reported that an investigation into the tragedy is underway.
Saturday's capsizing is the second fatal vessel incident to occur in Vietnam in less than a week.
On Thursday, February 19, a passenger boat capsized in the central province of Quang Tri. The incident resulted in three deaths while the body of a fourth passenger, identified as the 14-year-old granddaughter of two of the deceased victims, has not yet been found.
