Male student drowned while bathing in pond on first day of 10th grade entrance exam

Absent from the first exam day for the 10th grade entrance exam, a 9th grade male student and 3 friends went swimming in a pond in Mui Ne ward, Phan Thiet city (Binh Thuan province) and drowned.

On the morning of June 4, speaking with VietNamNet reporter , Ms. Le Thi Bich Lien, Director of the Departmentof Education and Training of Binh Thuan province confirmed that she had organized a delegation to visit and offer condolences to the family of LTĐ (born 2010) - a 9th grade male student who drowned yesterday afternoon (June 3).

According to Ms. Lien, before the 10th grade entrance exam, student D. did not attend the session to listen to the exam regulations and was absent on the first exam day.

"This male student has a special family situation, so when we learned about the incident, the Department organized a delegation with the Phan Thiet City People's Committee to visit and offer condolences to his family," said Ms. Lien.

Scene of the pond where the male student was bathing and tragically drowned. Photo: Binh Thuan Newspaper

According to initial information, at noon on June 3, LTĐ. and 3 friends invited each other to go swimming at the pond in Long Son neighborhood, Mui Ne ward, Phan Thiet city.

Here, while swimming, D. drowned, sank into the pond and went missing.

Hearing the cry for help, local people used SUP boards to paddle to the area where the male student had an accident to search. Later, the victim's body was found and brought to shore.

It is known that the pond above is a deep hole formed from previous mineral exploitation activities. Heavy rain in recent days has caused the water level in the pond to rise.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/nam-sinh-tam-ao-chet-duoi-trong-ngay-dau-tien-thi-vao-lop-10-2407896.html