Irish woman drowns while on holiday in Vietnam

Stephanie Hartnett in her sixties was swept out to sea at beach resort

The incident happened last Saturday as the woman was holidaying with friends at a beach resort. Stock photograph: Getty Images
The incident happened last Saturday as the woman was holidaying with friends at a beach resort. Stock photograph: Getty Images

An Irish woman in her 60s who drowned on holiday in Vietnam has been named.

Stephanie Hartnett, a Limerick native, was with friends at a beach resort last Saturday and was in the shallows when she was swept out by a wave.

Onlookers made attempts to save her, but she was pronounced dead by a medic shortly after being brought to shore.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is helping Ms Hartnett’s family to repatriate her body, with the Irish mission in Hanoi offering support services.

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The woman, who has yet to be named officially, was living in Cork.