HANOI - There were mostly foreign tourists on board the boat sank today in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. The death toll is very high, the 27 passengers (19 foreign tourists, two Vietnamese, a guide and five crew members) 12 people died, 10 of these were foreigners. 11 of 12 victims have already been identified: it is a Briton, two Americans, two Russians, one Japanese, one French, two Swedes, one Swiss and Vietnamese tourists.
The other 15 people were rescued. The Foreign Ministry in Stockholm has confirmed the deaths of two Swedish women in their twenties. Confirmation on the death of the Russians and Japanese have also arrived from Moscow and Tokyo. Copenhagen has denied initial reports on the death of two Danes, who are survivors.
According to local sources, in addition to the Italians, also survived French and German tourists. The victims were sleeping in the cabins when the ship sank, about 5 to dawn, while those who were already on the bridge has been saved. According to the accounts of survivors, the boat was sunk within 30 seconds to a minute for the failure of the bilge.
The Foreign Ministry has immediately turned to the presence of Italian and Verica has confirmed that the only two co-nationals on the boat, Stefano Corda, born in 1975, and Stefano Sacconi, who was born in 1978, are among those rescued and tonight will be guests of the Italian Embassy in Hanoi tonight.
"In the accident have lost their belongings, so tonight will be the guests at the embassy," the ambassador said Lorenzo Angeloni. "The Italian guys were lucky. At the time of the accident were already awake, you are thrown into the water and saved themselves by swimming to one of the many islands in the bay," the ambassador said Angeloni, adding that "those who slept in bunks below, you probably do not have it done.
" According to preliminary reports, the diplomat said again, "sold the bilge of the boat, one of dozens of old junks that every day starts with 20-30 tourists on board for a ride in the bay." According to a list published by the Vietnamese news site ovnews V, on board there would be a third Italian name, Scattarelli Claudio (born 1990), but the figure of German nationality.
Ha Long Bay is a vast expanse of sea dotted with about three thousand islands, and is a major tourist attraction in northern Iraq. Located 160 km east of Hanoi, the 1994 is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. According to official figures, more than 2.3 million local and foreign tourists have visited the bay in the first ten months of 2010. 
The other 15 people were rescued. The Foreign Ministry in Stockholm has confirmed the deaths of two Swedish women in their twenties. Confirmation on the death of the Russians and Japanese have also arrived from Moscow and Tokyo. Copenhagen has denied initial reports on the death of two Danes, who are survivors.
According to local sources, in addition to the Italians, also survived French and German tourists. The victims were sleeping in the cabins when the ship sank, about 5 to dawn, while those who were already on the bridge has been saved. According to the accounts of survivors, the boat was sunk within 30 seconds to a minute for the failure of the bilge.
The Foreign Ministry has immediately turned to the presence of Italian and Verica has confirmed that the only two co-nationals on the boat, Stefano Corda, born in 1975, and Stefano Sacconi, who was born in 1978, are among those rescued and tonight will be guests of the Italian Embassy in Hanoi tonight.
"In the accident have lost their belongings, so tonight will be the guests at the embassy," the ambassador said Lorenzo Angeloni. "The Italian guys were lucky. At the time of the accident were already awake, you are thrown into the water and saved themselves by swimming to one of the many islands in the bay," the ambassador said Angeloni, adding that "those who slept in bunks below, you probably do not have it done.
" According to preliminary reports, the diplomat said again, "sold the bilge of the boat, one of dozens of old junks that every day starts with 20-30 tourists on board for a ride in the bay." According to a list published by the Vietnamese news site ovnews V, on board there would be a third Italian name, Scattarelli Claudio (born 1990), but the figure of German nationality.
Ha Long Bay is a vast expanse of sea dotted with about three thousand islands, and is a major tourist attraction in northern Iraq. Located 160 km east of Hanoi, the 1994 is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. According to official figures, more than 2.3 million local and foreign tourists have visited the bay in the first ten months of 2010.
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