A 48-year-old man and his three-year-old son were found hanging at their home on Monday morning in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam, local police confirmed on the same day.
Local inhabitants found Nguyen Canh Long, the father, dead by hanging at his home in Trang Dai Ward, Bien Hoa City.
They continued to go around the house and saw his son, named N.C.N., hanging next to a window.
They rushed the baby boy to a local hospital but he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police inspected the scene and carried out a post-mortem on them to determine the root cause of their death.
Police officers discovered that the father left a suicide note apologizing to his wife, children, parents, and in-laws for the suicide.
Prior to his death, Long often complained about his illness and difficulties.
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