Tourists walk on a pier as they arrive at Koh Rong island in Cambodia's Preah Sihanoukon province on September 24, 2022. The provincial government said that AFP PHNOM PENH Cambodian rescuers were still searching for at least 10 missing Chinese nationals after a boat with more than 40 people on board sank near islands off the coastal town of Sihanoukville.
At least one body has been found, and there were reports that Vietnamese authorities had rescued nine people, the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration said on its Facebook page.
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On Friday, Vietnam's Mot The Gioi newspaper reported that nine people had been rescued off the Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc, citing authorities there.
The provincial government said that some of the 21 survivors found by Cambodian rescuers were found by Chinese ambassador Wang Wentian and Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun on Saturday.
Authorities said the boat sank early on Thursday off the town of Sihanoukville, popular with tourists and gamblers.
It was not clear what caused the boat to sink. The survivors were taken to a nearby island, and authorities have been questioning them.
The provincial government hasn't released a statement about the identity of the Chinese nationals, and it is not clear if there were any Cambodians among those who were rescued or missing.
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One of the survivors, 27-year-old Sheng Chengui, of China's Fujian province, told authorities the boat had carried 41 people, including three women, the provincial government said.