At least 18 bodies have been recovered and another 12 people have been rescued after a tourist boat capsized in Vietnam’s Halong Bay on Saturday, according to state media.

State media in Vietnam have reported that 18 people were killed and nearly two dozen others are missing after a tourist boat capsized during a sudden thunderstorm

A boat carrying tourists capsized during a sudden thunderstorm in Vietnam on Saturday afternoon during a sightseeing excursion, killing 34 people, state media reported. Eight others remain missing.