Het ongeluk gebeurde zo'n 400 meter van het eiland May Rut, zo'n tien kilometer ten zuiden van Phu Quoc. Dat is het grootste eiland van Vietnam en een populaire strandbestemming.

A boat carrying several Indian tourists capsized near Vietnam's Phu Quoc Island on Saturday. The Indian Embassy in Hanoi confirmed the tragic incident occurred over the weekend.…

A boat has capsized in southern Vietnam, killing 15 Indian tourists less than half a kilometer from shore

The 15 who died were reportedly Indian tourists. Twenty-one people survived the accident.

Boat was transporting 32 tourists and four crew members when it overturned near Phu Quoc