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Fifteen Indian tourists killed as speedboat capsizes off Vietnam's Phu Quoc Island

Monday, 13 July 2026, 06:13 · 1 min read

A speedboat carrying 32 Indian tourists and four crew members capsized on July 11 near Hon May Rut Ngoai off Phu Quoc Island (a popular resort destination in southern Vietnam), killing 15 people and leaving one survivor, Gelli Kishore, in critical condition in hospital with a brain blood clot and a subsequent cardiac episode that has delayed his evacuation to a better-equipped facility. Vietnamese authorities have launched an investigation into whether rough seas or human error caused the vessel to overturn roughly 400 metres from shore, while Indian and Andhra Pradesh state officials are coordinating the repatriation of three victims' remains to their home cities and working to secure emergency visas for Kishore's family to travel to Vietnam. Survivors, many from the southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, described attempting CPR on victims brought ashore by rescue teams, with witnesses noting the waters were dangerously rough despite no rainfall at the time of the accident.

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The Hindu‘We tried CPR, but it was too late,’ say Vietnam boat tragedy witnesses on return to Hyderabad ↗︎The HinduEfforts on to repatriate remains of three Andhra tourists killed in Vietnam boat accident ↗︎The HinduWeather or human error? What led to Vietnam boat tragedy? | Explained ↗︎
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