While patrolling along National Highway 1A, traffic police in Ha Tinh Province discovered two young foreign men walking in a disoriented and exhausted state. The individuals later confessed they had been deceived into entering Vietnam illegally with false promises of lucrative and easy jobs in a third country.
On June 16, the Traffic Police Division of Ha Tinh Provincial Police reported that two Chinese nationals had been found walking barefoot along National Highway 1A. According to their statements, they had been misled into illegally crossing into Vietnam through the Lang Son border gate, en route to another country, under the guise of employment opportunities offering “light work and high salaries.”
The incident occurred on June 13, during a routine patrol in Ky Tho Commune, Ky Anh District. Officers noticed two young men walking against traffic on the highway. They were dressed only in shorts, without shoes, and appeared visibly fatigued and lost.
Police identified the two individuals as Zhang Zhenglong (born in 2005) and Li Miao (born in 2006), both Chinese nationals. The pair claimed they had been lured by a group of fellow Chinese into crossing the border illegally, hoping to reach another country for better job prospects.
After entering Vietnam, the two managed to escape from their handlers while passing through Ha Tinh and began walking in search of help.
The patrol team provided them with food and water before handing them over to local authorities in Ky Tho Commune and the Ha Tinh Provincial Immigration Department. The case is now under further investigation and will be handled in accordance with Vietnamese law.
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Source: Vietnam Insider