The People's Committee of central Da Nang city has presented Pete Peterson, President of the Alliance for Safe Children, a Certificate of Merit for contributions to SwimSafe.

Pete Peterson was US Ambassador to Vietnam , between 1997 and 2001.

Da Nang 's SwimSafe programme has helped 22,000 children swim over the past few years.

Portable swimming pools have been set up throughout the city, which create an opportunity for everyone to learn swimming during summer.-VNA