Missing 20-year-old Nghe An girl has returned

On June 17, Mr. Phan Van Binh - Head of Quang Thanh Commune Police, Yen Thanh District confirmed that a citizen of the commune had returned after 5 days of missing. That was Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong (born in 1998, residing in Trung Nam hamlet, Quang Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district).

Portrait of the missing girl. Photo: Tan Ky

Ms. Phuong is the second child in a family of 7 siblings. According to the victim’s family, Ms. Phuong is mentally disabled and is currently applying for social security benefits. In 5th grade, Ms. Phuong dropped out of school and has been staying at home ever since.

Ms. Chu Thi Nhi (born in 1971, Phuong's mother) said: "A while after birth, my baby got sick, so her health was very weak, her mind was not clear, she was always absent-minded. Although my husband and I tried our best to take her to many places for treatment, in the end we still could not help her get back to normal."

Mrs. Nhi said that on June 5, she and her husband had to go away for work. Before leaving, she told her siblings to take good care of Phuong.

However, at around 8:30 p.m. on June 8, while her younger siblings were not paying attention, Ms. Phuong left home with a strange woman. The two got on a bus running the Nghe An - My Dinh route.

After getting off the bus in Hanoi, Ms. Phuong and this stranger went to an unknown place. Although they searched many places, they still could not find any trace of Ms. Phuong.

Three days ago, someone in Hanoi suddenly called the family to inform them that they had seen Ms. Phuong sitting at My Dinh bus station. After that, this person gave her money and took a bus back to her hometown.

“Ms. Phuong’s health is still normal, but because her mind is not normal, people still do not dare to ask what happened in the past few days. It is said that after arriving in Hanoi, the woman took a car to an unknown destination, leaving Ms. Phuong at the bus station. During the day, she went to a restaurant to beg for food, and at night, she slept in the bus room,” Mr. Binh said.