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Do you know more? Text 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), email us at scoop@smh.com.au or direct message on Twitter @smh_news Vacationers from Australia, the United States, Britain, Japan, Russia, France, Sweden and Switzerland have been confirmed dead, along with a Vietnamese tour guide. Officials say another nine foreigners and six locals were rescued by other tour boats in the bay's waters. Survivors reported seeing a wooden plank on their ship ripping away before it sank. Ha Long Bay is one of the country's top tourist attractions drawing more than five million visitors a year to see the jagged rock formations that dot the coastline. Advertisement: Story continues below Australians unable to reach their family and friends in the area can contact DFAT's consular emergency centre on 1300 555 135.Do you know more? Text 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), email us at scoop@smh.com.au or direct message on Twitter @smh_news Vacationers from Australia, the United States, Britain, Japan, Russia, France, Sweden and Switzerland have been confirmed dead, along with a Vietnamese tour guide. Officials say another nine foreigners and six locals were rescued by other tour boats in the bay's waters. Survivors reported seeing a wooden plank on their ship ripping away before it sank. Ha Long Bay is one of the country's top tourist attractions drawing more than five million visitors a year to see the jagged rock formations that dot the coastline. Advertisement: Story continues below Australians unable to reach their family and friends in the area can contact DFAT's consular emergency centre on 1300 555 135.