Việt Nam offers condolences over deadly ferry accident in Tanzania

Acting President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh on Tuesday sent condolences to Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli over a recent ferry accident on Lake Victoria in the East African country that claimed over 200 lives and left many missing. 

An aerial image shows the capsized ferry MV Nyerere which left 131 dead in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, on September 21, 2018. Tanzanian President John Magufuli on September 21 ordered the arrest of the management of a ferry as the death toll climbed to 131 and rescue workers pressed on with the search to find scores more people feared drowned. — AFP/VNA Photo