Vietnamese newspaper articles

Nguyen Thi Oanh crossed the finish line and lay down on the ground, exhausted. Tiny Oanh stands tall for Viet Nam at SEA Games Minutes later, she took the national flag from her coach to celebrate her 3,000m steeplechase victory and burst into tears. Oanh didn't realise she had just become Việt Nam's top track-and-field athlete at the 30th Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines. Oanh secured a hat-trick of individual titles in the women’s 1,500m, 5,000m and 3,000m steeplechase, with a Games’ record in the last event. “I's so exciting to enjoy the feeling of winning. There is nothing that makes me happier than seeing the national flag flying at the victory ceremony,” said Oanh. Việt Nam came to the Games to defend their top position in athletics from the previous tournament two years ago in Malaysia. National champion Oanh, who won golds in the 1,500m and 5,000m in Kuala Lumpur, was the top medal hopes. She was asked to defend her crowns … [Read more...] about Tiny Oanh stands tall for Vietnam at SEA Games

Four children aged 5-7 in Khanh Hoa Province drowned on Wednesday in a pond, a local newspaper reported. Three children in Kien Giang drowned at construction site Five young victims drown Two school boys drown after swimming at beach in Binh Thuan Local authorities and residents gather at the pond where four children drowned on Wednesday afternoon. — Photo baokhanhhoa.vn The incident occurred in early afternoon after a group of five children from Khanh Hiep Commune, Khanh Vinh District went for a swim in a pond in Ba Cang Village, said Vo Van The, chairman of Khanh Hiep Commune. The children reportedly strayed into a deep section of water, which one was able to escape to swim to shore and call for help. After an hour of searching, the boys were found and taken to a local medical facility where were pronounced dead. The victims were all relatives and of the Ede ethnicity. Earlier on May 20, four secondary school students also drowned while swimming in a river in Ninh … [Read more...] about Four children drown in Khanh Hoa

Two ninth-grade male students from Binh Thuan Province drowned on Sunday afternoon after swimming at a local beach. 3,500 young drown in Vietnam every year Seventh grader praised for saving two drowning kids A child receives first aid from the rescue team after going swimming in a beach in Binh Thuan Province on Sunday. — Photo nguoiduatin.vn Doan Cong Thanh and Tran Van Dau, students at Ham Thang Secondary School in Ham Thuan Bac District, drowned during a swim at a beach with three other friends in Ham Tien Ward in Phan Thiet City, Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper reported. After swimming for a few minutes, the boys tried to signal to people that they were having problems. Their friends and people on shore quickly called for help from a rescue team at the beach. The rescue team promptly brought three of them to the shore, while two others were missing. Ten minutes later, the two boys were found in a coma and were taken to the local hospital, but did not survive. … [Read more...] about Two school boys drown after swimming at beach in Binh Thuan

Three children aged five to seven were found dead on Tuesday afternoon in a local river in the central province of Quang Binh. Three in Quang Binh pupils drowned Three children in Kien Giang drowned at construction site Five young victims drown Residents gather at the home of one of the families of the victims in the drowning incident on Tuesday afternoon in Quang Binh Province's Quang Trach District. — Photo vov.vn A group of four children went swimming in the river in Quang Dong Commune, Quang Trach District at around 3pm, according to the local People’s Committee. One of them returned home but the three others continued swimming and, unfortunately, they drowned. Later in the afternoon, their families were searching for the children and found their bodies in the water. The local government provided each victim's family with VND2 million (US$85) in support. On Monday, a four-year-old boy also drowned in Tuyen Hoa District. In May, five young girls, all 12 years … [Read more...] about Three children drown in Quang Binh

Five young girls were found dead in a local river in the central province of Quang Bình in a single day. The five victims drowned in two separate incidents on Thursday. Two school boys drown after swimming at beach in Binh Thuan Vietnam tops South East Asia for child drownings Five young girls were found dead in a local river in the central province of Quang Binh in a single day.— Photo: VNN In the morning, eight children in grade six went swimming in a section of the Gianh River in the province’s Tuyen Hoa District. They were students from the same class and had just participated in a year-end review at their school. The children, who were all 12 years old, saw that three girls were drowning and started to scream for help. People who lived nearby rushed into the water to rescue the girls but were too late. Later in the afternoon, two more young girls, aged nine and six, were found dead in the river’s upper part in Minh Hoa District. Residents of the … [Read more...] about Five young victims drown