A tourist has been found dead after his group of five people were washed away while swimming at a beach in Danang City.
A tourist has been found dead at a beach in Danang City on March 27
According to a report from Son Tra Peninsula and Danang Tourism Beaches Management Board, the group went to bathe at Pham Van Dong Beach and were washed away in strong waves at around 7 pm on Sunday. A woman who was also swimming at the beach at that time rushed to shore to call for help.
However, the rescue team at the beach stopped working at 6.30 pm. They had warned visitors to leave the beach earlier.
Fortunately, a member of the team, Nguyen Huu Toan Chung, was still at the beach. He managed to save four victims including three women and a man. Meanwhile, a 20-year-old man remained missing. Chung called his team to search for the missing man. But they only found the body of the man at 11.30 pm the same day.
The Son Tra Peninsula and Danang Tourism Beaches Management Board have continued to issue warnings that visitors should not swim at local beaches after 6.30 pm as the rescue team are not available.