Over 30,000 children equipped with water safety skills in two years

  • Photo: A swimming class for children in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son province. VNA Photo: Anh Tuấn
    Photo: A swimming class for children in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son province. VNA Photo: Anh Tuấn
  • Photo: A swimming class for children in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son province. VNA Photo: Anh Tuấn
    Photo: A swimming class for children in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son province. VNA Photo: Anh Tuấn
  • Photo: A swimming class for children in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son province. VNA Photo: Anh Tuấn
    Photo: A swimming class for children in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son province. VNA Photo: Anh Tuấn
  • Photo: A swimming class for children in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son province. VNA Photo: Anh Tuấn
    Photo: A swimming class for children in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son province. VNA Photo: Anh Tuấn
Nearly 14,000 children aged 6 - 15 have been equipped with swimming safety skills, and more than 30,000 with water safety skills over the last two years thanks to classes held by the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) and relevant agencies in Vietnam. In a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency, GHAI Country Director Doan Thu Huyen said drowning remains one of the leading causes of death for under-15 children in Vietnam, with about 2,000 children aged under 16 losing their lives to water every year. Huyen said the child drowning prevention programme has been piloted in over 100 communes of eight provinces with the highest drowning mortality rates in Vietnam. It provided swimming safety skills for nearly 14,000 children aged 6 - 15 and water safety skills for more than 30,000. VNA Photo

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