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Rescue workers are battling to save a construction worker trapped for more than a day inside a water-logged hydropower tunnel in Nam Bo district, the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.

An endangered green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) that became trapped in fishing nets has been released back into the wild, according to the authority of the Nui Chua National Park in the south-central coast province of Ninh Thuan.

Being stuck in Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam due to the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of foreign tourists have received assistance from the local government and tourism community to overcome difficulties.

In the Pu Mat National Park of the central province of Nghe An, there is a special task force that rescues wild animals trapped by hunters.

A British national stuck in a well in Bali tourist island of Indonesia for six days has been rescued, Indonesian authorities said on June 7.

When COVID-19 brought the world to its knees those far from home found themselves trapped abroad.

The Huong Khe District People's Court in the central province of Ha Tinh has recently sentenced six local people to a total of 66 months in prison for violating “regulations on protection of endangered, precious and rare animals”.

Indonesian authorities said on March 4 that up to 100 people could still be trapped inside an unlicensed gold mine on Sulawesi island, which collapsed one week ago.

Vietnam has congratulated Thailand on the successful rescue of all members of the football team trapped in a flooded cave in Chiang Rai province for over two weeks.

All 12 boys and their football coach who were trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand’s Chiang Rai province have been rescued.

Rescuers on July 10 headed back to flooded Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand’s Chieng Rai province to begin the third phase of the rescue of the trapped youth soccer team, aiming to bring out the last four boys and their coach, rescue mission chief Narongsak Osottanakorn said.

Four more boys were safely removed from the flooded Thai cave on July 9.

The first four of the 12 young footballers who together with their coach were trapped in the flooded Tham Luang cave of Thailand were rescued on late July 8.

Rescuers on July 6 have accelerated the rescue operation for the 12 stranded young footballers and their coach as heavy downpours are expected to hit in a matter of days, which will cause the water levels inside the cave to rise.

Two more specialists of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with expertise in disaster recovery and planning are on their way to Thailand to aid local rescue mission of a cave-trapped football team.

The rescue of 12 teenager football players and their coach who were found alive after being trapped in a cave in Thailand for 10 days is coming up against difficulties due to weather conditions and their health.

Howard Limbert, a British caver who has spent the last 30 years of his life in central Quang Binh province and studying the caves in Vietnam, and Nguyen Chau A, Director of Oxalis Company, are heading to Thailand’s Chiang Rai province on July 4 to offer their assistance to a group of young boys that have been trapped in a cave for over nine days.

Governor of Thai Chiang Rai province Narongsak Osottanakorn told reporters on July 3 that it will take time to get the cave-trapped boys and their football coach out.

Rescuers have found the teenage football team who are alive after nine days trapped inside Tham Luang cave, and preparations are being made to take them out, authorities from Thailand’s Chiang Rai province said on July 2.

Rescue forces on July 1 morning moved deeper in Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped for nearly a week.