On May 20, leaders of Sa Huynh ward said that a tragic drowning incident had just occurred in the Long Thanh 2 beach area.
According to initial information, at about 4:30 PM on May 19, P.N. P (12 years old) and P.D. T (13 years old), two biological brothers in the family, in Long Thanh 2 residential group. After returning home from school, both invited each other to the beach about 600m from home to swim. While swimming in the sea, the children unfortunately drowned.
At this time, the children's father had just returned from work. Hearing the news that the children were going to the beach to swim, he rushed to find them. Discovering the incident, he promptly rescued P.D. T and took her ashore for emergency treatment. P.N. P was swept away by the waves and went missing.
Currently, functional forces and local people are organizing the search for P.N. P.
