All night long, people spread nets to search for a drowned young man in the Dao River.

Nets are being used to search for a 17-year-old missing youth on the Dao River. Photo: VT.

At around 1am on April 30, NVT, 17 years old, from Minh Thanh commune, Yen Thanh, was unfortunately hit by a car.slipped into the Dao Riversection through Dai Thanh commune, missing.

Mr. Tran Khanh Tung - Chairman of Minh Thanh Commune People's Committee said: After receiving the information, the Commune People's Committee reported to Yen Thanh District People's Committee, coordinated with Yen Thanh District Military Command to organize militia and self-defense forces to search.

Mr. Dao Quoc Khanh - an officer of the focal enterprise of the Northern Irrigation Company Limited - One Member Limited Liability Company said: The irrigation unit prepared search and rescue nets during the night. Photo: Van Truong.

Army and militia forces search for victims on the Dao River near Yen Thanh town. Photo: Van Truong.

Due to the high water level of the Dao River, heavy rain and cold wind, the search operation encountered many difficulties. (Taken at Cau Giang, Phu Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh). Photo: Van Truong.

Authorities used a net on the Dao River to search Cau Giang section of Phu Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh. Due to the high water level of the Dao River, heavy rain and cold wind, the search was difficult. As of 9:00 a.m. this morning (May 1), the 17-year-old boy's whereabouts were still unknown.

Two students drowned while bathing in a stream

(Baonghean.vn) - Five students from Tan An Secondary School invited each other to go play in Khe Sanh. After setting out cakes and fruits on the shore to eat after bathing, two of them jumped in to bathe and both drowned.

Awarding Certificate of Merit from the Provincial People's Committee Chairman to the brave male student who saved a drowning person

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of April 29, at Quynh Hong Secondary School (Quynh Luu), a ceremony was held to commend and award a Certificate of Merit from the Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee to a 9th grade male student who bravely saved a drowning person on April 20.