By 9.30 pm on May 1, firefighters and rescue forces were still searching for the 65-year-old man at Da Den Lake in Kim Long Commune.
Authorities at the scene (Photo: Xuan Doan).
According to initial reports, the man, a company director in the steel and scaffolding sector at Chau Duc Industrial Park, had travelled to the lake earlier in the day with a Vietnamese friend to go paddleboarding.
During the activity, his companion realised he had disappeared and alerted local authorities. Police in Kim Long Commune and the Fire Prevention, Firefighting and Rescue Police Division deployed personnel and equipment to the scene but had not located him by late evening.
The man’s paddleboard was later recovered and brought ashore.
The victim's paddleboard was brought ashore (Photo: Xuan Doan).
Da Den Lake, covering about 250 hectares, borders Kim Long Commune, Ngai Giao Commune and Tan Thanh Ward. The largely undeveloped area is a popular weekend destination for camping, fishing and paddleboarding.
