The boy was found at about 20km from where he had disappeared.— Photo supplied by local residents/VNS
YEN BAI: Police in Van Yen district, in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, reported that a six-year-old boy, who went missing in the forest, has been found alive after five days of intensive searches.
The boy, D.V.L., was discovered on Wednesday (Aug 21) afternoon by a local resident in a forest area of Lang Thip Commune, Van Yen District, about 20km from where he had disappeared.
D.V.L. was immediately taken to a medical centre for a health check and monitoring.
Earlier, on the afternoon of Aug 17, D.V. L. had gone with a group to pick fruit on a hill behind his house. He wandered off on his own in a different direction and became lost.
When the alarm was raised, authorities mobilised more than 150 people to search for the boy.
Local officials and residents drained a pond covering nearly 80sq m near the area where he went missing and reviewed footage from cameras along Provincial Road 164.
In addition, several groups searched deep holes, caves and streams over the following days, but there was no sign of him. — Vietnam News/ANN
