Hundreds of life buoys were dropped into the Dao River in Yen Thanh.

Lang Thanh Commune delegation continues to make life buoys on the Dao River system using old motorbike tires. Photo: Xuan Hoang

During these days, the Lang Thanh commune delegation (Yen Thanh) continued to mobilize materials including motorbike tires, steel wire... to make lanterns.life buoy, dropped down to the banks of the Dao River to rescue those who unfortunately fell into this river, which had concrete on both sides of the banks, with no place to hold on.

Mr. Tran Van Canh - Secretary of Lang Thanh Commune Youth Union said: Up to now, the commune's youth union has made 60 life buoys from old motorbike tires. Each buoy is made up of 6 tires. Previously, the commune's youth union had completed and released 20 life buoys on the Dao River system.

The life buoy is tied to the roof of the Dao River. Photo: Xuan Hoang

"All 60 lifebuoys made this time were donated by some local children doing charity work in Vinh City with tires, along with 3 million VND in cash to buy some other materials. To have more lifebuoys, the commune needs the support of organizations and individuals with old motorbike tires and funds to buy other materials," said Mr. Tran Van Canh.

Mr. Nguyen Khac Bang - Deputy Secretary of District Youth UnionYen Thanhadded: After the District Youth Union had a general policy to launch a campaign to make life buoys on the Dao River system, last June, a member of the Lang Thanh Commune Youth Union had the idea of ​​using old motorbike tires to make life buoys, which was very useful. Immediately after that, the District Youth Union mobilized the communes with the Dao River system flowing through them to make life buoys from old motorbike tires.

Both sides of the Dao River have been paved with very slippery concrete. Without these lifebuoys, it would be very difficult for people who fall into the river to hold on to get up. Photo: Xuan Hoang

To date, all 18 commune delegations have implemented it, thus 24 kmcanalLifebuoys have been arranged in Yen Thanh district. The most is Bac Thanh commune's team which has made 400 buoys, Lang Thanh commune's team has made 80 buoys... However, there are still many riverbank sections where the number of buoys is not dense enough, so in the coming time, the District Youth Union will continue to mobilize grassroots youth unions to organize and implement this meaningful work more effectively./.