On the evening of September 28, information from the People's Committee of Hoang Dat commune (Hoang Hoa district, Thanh Hoa province) said that two 8th grade students had just drowned in a fish pond.
According to initial information, in the afternoon of the same day, 5 children (all residing in Hoang Dat commune) went to a family's fish pond (in Ha Vu 2 village) to fish. At around 3:00 p.m., some of the children ran home to call for help.
When the adults ran out, they discovered the two children dead in the pond. The incident was then reported to the local authorities.
According to the representative of the People's Committee of Hoang Dat commune, the families of the two deceased children are poor in the locality, and they are both the eldest children in the family.
The cause of the incident is still being investigated and clarified by the Hoang Hoa district authorities.
