Vellore, July 12 -- MLA Vinoth Kannan of Vellore in Tamil Nadu on Sunday visited the family of a local resident who lost his life in a tragic boat capsize incident near Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam.

The victim, identified as Vinayakumar, a resident of Vellore, was among the Indian tourists who died after the boat they were travelling in overturned off the coast of the popular Vietnamese island destination.

During his visit to the victim's residence, the MLA met with the bereaved family members to offer his heartfelt condolences and expressed deep grief over the sudden loss.

Earlier today, another survivor of the boat tragedy near Vietnam's Phu Quoc Island recounted the horrifying moments when the vessel capsized within seconds due to "a ...