Anh Vien inspires swimming lessons and drowning prevention in Ho Chi Minh City

Former star of the Vietnamese swimming team Nguyen Thi Anh Vien created a stir when she attended the launching ceremony of the national swimming training campaign to prevent child drowning by 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City.

On June 20, the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City organized a ceremony to launch the nationwide swimming practice and prevent child drowning in 2025 at the Ho Chi Minh City Aquatic Sports Center. The event took place in a lively and exciting atmosphere with the participation of many people and students of many ages. Especially, there was the presence of former star of the Vietnamese swimming team Nguyen Thi Anh Vien.

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien speaks at the launching ceremony of the national swimming training program to prevent child drowning by 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City today (June 20).

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"If Anh Vien can do it, you can do it too"

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien said she was born and raised in Can Tho , a rural area of ​​rivers and canals, where danger in the water environment always lurks when children do not know how to swim and do not know how to protect themselves. Aware of the importance of knowing how to swim and equipping herself with an important and necessary life skill, Anh Vien was encouraged by her family to learn to swim from a young age. "Anh Vien really wants to share with you that swimming has many benefits in your life. Let's learn to swim with Anh Vien, know how to swim and practice swimming to prevent drowning, improve health, develop physical strength and stature to be safe in the water environment and join hands to prevent drowning accidents. If Anh Vien can do it, you can do it too," Anh Vien shared.

Mr. Nguyen Nam Nhan, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City, said that every year the city organizes a campaign for the whole population to practice swimming to prevent drowning in order to remind and promote the role and responsibility of all levels, sectors, families, schools and the whole society in developing the movement of teaching and learning to swim, contributing to reducing drowning accidents. "Not only practicing swimming, we also have to prevent subjectivity leading to drowning accidents. In the coming time, we will maintain regular popularization of swimming, preventing drowning accidents because Ho Chi Minh City also has a dense system of rivers, streams, canals and ditches. I hope that through this campaign, the city's people will actively practice sports in general and practice swimming in particular, contributing to improving health, physical stature and disease prevention," Mr. Nguyen Nam Nhan shared.

Ho Chi Minh City organizes an annual ceremony to launch a nationwide swimming and drowning prevention campaign, attracting a large number of people to participate.

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It is known that from 2021 to now, Ho Chi Minh City has organized a ceremony to launch the national swimming practice and prevent drowning every year, attracting about 10,000 to 12,000 participants. The program has increasingly expanded its audience, attracting many social forces, including people with disabilities, businessmen, artists, and private sports clubs, creating a bustling and exciting atmosphere.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/anh-vien-truyen-cam-hung-hoc-boi-phong-chong-duoi-nuoc-tai-tphcm-185250620120453871.htm