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Australian tourist found dead in Vietnam's Ha Long bay

Xinhua, February 6, 2017 Adjust font size:

Search and rescue forces of Vietnam's northern Quang Ninh province on Monday found the body of an Australian tourist who got lost in the country's tourist attraction Ha Long bay early on the same day.

At around 8:45 a.m. local time on Monday (0145 GMT), Stephen John Scott, born in 1963, an Australian national, who headed a group of international tourists to Ha Long bay, fell off into the sea and got lost at Sung Sot (Surprise) cave area in Ha Long, reported Vietnam's state-run news agency VNA.

After learning about the information, relevant authorities together with two local fishing boats carried out search and rescue operation.

After over four hours of searching, the fishing boats managed to find the body of the victim and get the body out of the water.

VNA quoted a source at the site as saying that there is a possibility that Scott jumped into the sea himself.

Local authorities are finishing necessary procedures to return the body of the ill-fated to his family, reported VNA. Endit