Vietnamese boy trapped in concrete pile pronounced dead

Doan Tan Buu, deputy chairman of the Dong Thap provincial people committee, speaks to the media in Dong Thap province on Jan 4, 2023, as news of the death of the boy emerge. - AFP

HANOI (Reuters): A 10-year-old Vietnamese boy who fell into the narrow open shaft of a concrete pile at a construction site on New Year's Eve has been confirmed dead, state media said Wednesday (Jan 4).

Rescuers spent nearly 100 hours trying to free Ly Hao Nam from the 35-metre long support pillar driven into the ground, but without success, online newspaper VnExpress cited a local government official as saying.