While bathing in a waterfall, a 10-year-old boy in Thanh Chuong district tragically drowned.
A drowning incident just happened in Thanh Ha commune, Thanh Chuong district. The victim was Phan Van An (10 years old) residing in Thanh Tung commune (Thanh Chuong).
According to locals, on the afternoon of July 27, Phan Van An in hamlet 4, Thanh Tung commune and 3 other children went to Coi valley, Thanh Ha commune to swim.
While bathing, An drowned. A friend who was with him discovered the incident and tried to rescue him unsuccessfully, so he ran up to call the acacia miners on the mountain to come down and save him. However, An had already sunk into the stream.
Afterwards, Thanh Ha commune authorities and local people organized a search, used fishing rods to search and retrieve An's body at 7:00 p.m. the same day.
It is known that An is the eldest child in a family of two brothers.
It is known that Coi waterfall (Coi abyss) in village 5, Thanh Ha commune is a place where local people, mainly young people and students, often come to cool off in the hot season. In the past, many tragic drowning incidents have occurred here, claiming many lives.