Korean tourist drowns in Vietnam

The lake next to sand dunes at Mui Ne, Vietnam / Courtesy of Consulate General of Korea in Ho Chi Minh City

By Jung Min-ho

A Korean tourist has drowned in southern Vietnam, according to the Consulate General of Korea in Ho Chi Minh City Saturday.

The man, 58, surnamed Moon, was found on Friday at the bottom of a lake in Mui Ne, a coastal fishing town in the south-central Binh Thuan Province.

Moon was among the 31 Koreans traveling in a group. According to the consulate, a guide warned them not to swim in the lake before Moon and another tourist entered the water.

One person came out of the water soon after, but Moon suddenly disappeared. The tourist site's custodian found him in the lake. CPR was tried several times, but it was too late.

“Vietnamese investigators will determine the cause of Moon's death after conducting a few more tests. Most likely,

Moon was drowned,” Consul Lee Hee-seok told Hankook Ilbo, sister paper of The Korea Times.