Military unit saves people

PANO – The cadres and soldiers of Infantry Regiment 8 (Division 395, Military Zone 3) from June 26th to 30th saved a number of drowning people and helped a lost child home. On June 28th, in Con Vanh (Nam Phu commune, Tien Hai district, Thai Binh province), Nguyen Thi Hai Yen, a 15 year-old native in Tien Phong hamlet (Vu Van commune, Vu Thu district) went swimming and got into difficulty in the water. Soldiers of Regiment 8 on duty nearby sent for the medical staff of the regiment and successfully saved the life of the victim. Earlier, on June 26th, First Lieutenant Nguyen Van Tuong of Regiment 8 found a lost 3-year-old child, also in Con Vanh commune. He took the child to the Management Board of Con Vanh project to inform the family. The boy was then taken home by his family in Thai Nguyen province who had been visiting relatives in Thai Binh province. Translated by Chung Anh