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| Britons die near Datanla waterfalls in Vietnam | Britons die near Datanla waterfalls in Vietnam |
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| Three British tourists have been found dead near waterfalls in Vietnam. | |
| It was not immediately clear how the tourists - reported to be two women aged 19 and 25, and a man - had died. | It was not immediately clear how the tourists - reported to be two women aged 19 and 25, and a man - had died. |
| Local news reports said police believed the visitors might have slipped while exploring the Datanla waterfalls. A local man who had taken them to the falls has been questioned by police. | Local news reports said police believed the visitors might have slipped while exploring the Datanla waterfalls. A local man who had taken them to the falls has been questioned by police. |
| Their bodies were found downstream from the falls, in Lam Dong province, which are popular with Western visitors. | Their bodies were found downstream from the falls, in Lam Dong province, which are popular with Western visitors. |
| 'Providing support' | |
| Emergency workers had climbed down a steep slope to recover the bodies, which were found wearing life jackets, the local reports said. | Emergency workers had climbed down a steep slope to recover the bodies, which were found wearing life jackets, the local reports said. |
| Deputy director of the tourist company which manages the falls, Vo Anh Tan, said visitors usually worked their way down the tiered waterfalls. | |
| The Foreign Office said: "We are providing support to the families of three British nationals following their deaths near Da Lat, Vietnam. | The Foreign Office said: "We are providing support to the families of three British nationals following their deaths near Da Lat, Vietnam. |
| "Our sympathies are with their families and friends at this difficult time. We are in close contact with local authorities in Vietnam on their behalf." | "Our sympathies are with their families and friends at this difficult time. We are in close contact with local authorities in Vietnam on their behalf." |
| Da Lat is the capital of Lam Dong province, in the country's Central Highlands. | Da Lat is the capital of Lam Dong province, in the country's Central Highlands. |
| Quynh Le, from the BBC's Vietnamese Service, said the incident happened at about lunchtime, local time, and the operation to rescue the bodies had taken about three hours. | |
| The vice chairman of Lam Dong province, who was in charge of the rescue operation, told our reporter that according to the initial investigation, the tourists tried to go through the forest to reach the canyons. | |
| "Apparently on the way there one person slipped on the stream and unfortunately he took the other two people with him," he said. | |
| "When the police came down the waterfalls and found the bodies, they said that they found helmets and safety jackets, but apparently there were no ropes on the bodies, which is a very dangerous thing to do." | |
| Authorities had stressed that this was just the initial investigation, and emphasised that the investigation was still ongoing, he added. | |
| Ongoing investigation | |
| Police are investigating whether the man with the tourists was a local resident or a tour guide. | |
| "Many tours were sold cheaply for around $25 for a trip. We need caution here, but it is likely that this person is one of the guys who stays in the area and tried to sell the tours to Western tourists," our journalist added. | |
| The bodies are to be moved from from Lam Dong province to Ho Chi Minh City, he added. | |
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