Vietnam: Efforts continue as hundreds of rescuers battle to save boy from 35-metre hole

Rescuers working to save the 10-year-old boy who fell into a 35-metre-deep hole at a construction site in Hanoi two days ago. - Photo from Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, Jan 2, 2023 (AFP): Hundreds of rescuers in Vietnam battled Monday to free a 10-year-old boy who fell into a 35-metre-deep hole at a construction site two days ago.

The boy, named Thai Ly Hao Nam, fell into the shaft of a hollow concrete pillar just 25 centimetres wide, sunk as part of a new bridge in southern Dong Thap province, apparently while looking for scrap metal, a rescuer told AFP by phone.