Four Chinese tourists injured in a ship collision in Vietnam on
Friday morning have been sent back to China for treatment, local
sources said on Saturday.
"Our ambulance took back the injured tourists this afternoon.
They are now in stable condition," said Tan Juhua, director of the
Foreign Affairs Office of Guangxi' Fangchenggang City, which administers
Dongxing City, told Xinhua on Saturday.
The Vietnam side has offered a preliminary compensation plan.
The badly injured will get 50,000 yuan (US$6,452) and the slightly
injured will get 30,000 yuan (US$3,871), said Tan.
"They're supposed to get the compensation soon," said Tan.
Compensation for the dead, still in Vietnam, is in negotiation,
Tan said.
The collision happened near Mong Cai town of Quang Ninh Province
Friday morning when a hydrofoil, which had set out from the
province's Ha Long City?with 30 people on board, including
five crew members, hit a stationary cargo ship in conditions of
poor visibility.
Two Chinese tourists and one tourist from the Republic of Korea
were killed in the accident. Eighteen others were injured,
including nine severely.
Dongxing City and Mong Cai town are separated by a river.
(Xinhua News Agency February 11, 2007)