4 elementary school students drowned while swimming in the river

On August 12, leaders of the People's Committee of Hoai An district (Binh Dinh) and the authorities of An Hao Dong commune visited, encouraged, expressed condolences and supported the families of the four unfortunate students who drowned last night (August 11).

According to initial information, on the afternoon of August 11, 4 students (studying in grades 3 and 4) in Van Hoa village, An Hao Dong commune invited each other to go fishing and then went down to the river near the flood control house, next to the An Lao river flowing to Van Hoa village to bathe. By the evening of the same day, when they did not return home, their families organized a search and discovered the heartbreaking incident.

Many people were shocked by the news that 4 students died in a drowning accident. Photo: FB: Luu Quoc Tri.

Upon receiving the news, authorities and local people organized a search and recovered the bodies and handed them over to the families for funeral arrangements.

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hung - Chairman of the People's Committee of An Hao Dong Commune said: "The children's families were busy with work, while the children stayed home to play, and could not control themselves, so they went to the river to bathe and got into trouble. This season, the river water is shallow, but the children were bathing in deep water. It is very possible that one child fell into the deep water hole, the other children came to save them, then pulled each other, realizing that each other drowned."

According to Mr. Hung, the families of the 4 students who tragically drowned all had quite difficult circumstances, especially one family with only 3 parents and children, without a father.