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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/briton-killed-as-vietnam-boat-sinks.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The sunken tourist boat sits in Ha Long Bay (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-briton-killed-as-vietnam-boat-sinks.jpg" alt="The sunken tourist boat sits in Ha Long Bay (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>A British tourist was killed when a boat sank at a beauty spot in Vietnam, it has been confirmed.</p>
<p>The official Vietnam News Agency named the victim as Stuart Mccormick, who died in Halong Bay with 10 other holidaymakers from around the world and a local guide.</p>
<p>Another nine foreigners and six locals were rescued by other tour boats.</p>
<p>Vietnam&#8217;s foreign ministry confirmed the survivors as two Danes, one German, two Italians, one American, one Australian, one French and one Swiss.</p>
<p>A Foreign Office spokesman said: &#8220;We are aware that there have been a number of fatalities &#8211; including foreign nationals &#8211; in the boat accident off the coast of Halong Bay. We can confirm that one British national has been killed. Next of kin have been informed.</p>
<p>&#8220;A consular team from the British Embassy has been on the scene and working with the local authorities and hospitals to establish whether any other British citizens are involved.&#8221;</p>
<p>One of the country&#8217;s leading tourist attractions, Halong Bay draws more than five million visitors a year to see the jagged rock formations that dot the coastline, with many tourists staying overnight on wooden boats equipped with sleeping cabins.</p>
<p>Survivors reported seeing a wooden plank on their ship ripping away at around 5am as the vessel was anchored for the night, followed by gushing water inundating the boat and quickly pulling it under near Titov island, according to Vu Van Thin, chief administrator of Quang Ninh province.</p>
<p>&#8220;Crew members tried to stop the water from coming in and alerted the tourists who were sleeping, but the water came in and the boat sank quickly,&#8221; he said. &#8220;All of the 12 people who died were in the cabins.&#8221;</p>
<p>There were 27 people, including six crew members, aboard the boat and all have been accounted for, Mr Thin said. The vessel, which is owned by Truong Hai Co, was anchored alongside dozens of other cruise boats and weather conditions were calm at the time of the sinking.</p>
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