Five drown as seas get rough in Binh Thuan beaches

Vietnam has climbed up a global safety index, but road safety and drowning remain major threats, says Underwriters Laboratories, a U.S. safety science company.

A septuagenarian war veteran in Vietnam’s Central Highlands has dedicated the autumn of his life to saving others from death.

Flirting with danger, when a major dam’s floodgates open in northern Vietnam, residents are opening “public swimming pools.”

Czech police are investigating a resort where ‘negligence’ and ‘racism’ were alleged factors in the death of two Vietnamese boys.

The funds will be used to provide free swimming lessons to children in eight provinces.

Another four workers remain missing after they decided to abandon their crippled vessel and swim for it.

He jumped into the rough sea despite warnings from rescue workers.

Drownings remain a major cause of concern in a country that has nearly 3,300 kilometers of coastline.

Nine schoolboys who drowned in central Vietnam had been trying to help each other after they started experiencing difficulties, said local fire and rescue authorities yesterday ...