Vietnamese trainee family missing due to typhoon "believe in survival" September 17, 5:39

On the 16th, 10 days after the confirmation of a landslide in Shiiba Village, Miyazaki Prefecture due to the heavy rain of Typhoon No. 10, the older sister of a missing Vietnamese technical intern trainee responded to the interview, saying, "My family is my younger brother. I believe that he is alive. Please continue your efforts to find your younger brother. "

The heavy rain of Typhoon No. 10 caused a landslide in Shiiba Village, Miyazaki Prefecture, and the office of the construction company and the home of the adjacent owner were washed away, and the owner's family and two Vietnamese technical intern trainees totaled four people. I don't know where I am.

Of the two technical intern trainees, in the birthplace of Chang Khong Rong (23) in Thanh Hoa Province, central Vietnam, family members and neighbors are still worried about Ron's whereabouts. It was.

According to Mr. Ron's family, he said that he had been to Japan and had been talking on the phone almost every day since February, but on the phone on the 6th of this month, Mr. Ron said, "Evacuate because of a typhoon. After being told, I couldn't get in touch.

Two days later, on the 8th of this month, the organization that sent Mr. Ron to Japan contacted me that "Mr. Ron is missing."



Mr. Ron worked in Vietnam, but he went to Japan to overcome the opposition of his family to repay the debt when he built the house.

Ron's sister, Tran Ti Sen, said, "I lost my word when I heard that Ron was missing. I don't have any information yet about whether my brother is alive or dead, so my family is sure that my brother is alive. I believe that there is. I want the government to continue their efforts to find their younger brother. "

Reported in your home country

The news that two Vietnamese technical intern trainees are missing due to a landslide caused by the heavy rain of Typhoon No. 10 has also been reported in their home country of Vietnam.



Shortly after being reported in Japan, local Vietnamese media also reported that the two were from central Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces, respectively, and that local police were searching.



According to the Vietnamese government, more than 152,000 workers went abroad from Vietnam last year, but more than half of them, more than 82,000, went to Japan, so for Vietnamese, Japan is overseas. It has become one of the main destinations for finding a job.



The Vietnam State News Agency reported that the Consulate-General of Vietnam in Fukuoka had called on the Vietnamese community to be vigilant in preparation for the approach of Typhoon No. 10.

Two missing Vietnamese Shiiba Village's first technical intern trainee

The missing Vietnamese, Chang Khong Rong (23) and Nguyen Hugh Toan (22), are the first technical intern trainees in Shiiba Village and have just started working in the village since this spring. was.



It is said that the two had a serious and honest personality, worked diligently on work such as road repair, and blended into the village.



A man who knew the two said, "We were together in a local mini-volleyball game and thought they were energetic and wonderful young people. I hope they will be found soon."



In addition, a man who serves as a member of the village council said, "Both are serious and energetic young people, and when I received a special fixed amount of 100,000 yen the other day, I did not spend 1 yen myself and sent it to my Vietnamese family. I was surprised at how filial piety he was. I want him to be found as soon as possible. "



As I saw the two people working hard in a place far away from my hometown of Vietnam, many villagers were waiting for the earliest possible discovery.

Search posture drastically reduced

Since the confirmation of the damage on the 7th of this month, the search for the four missing people has been carried out by 280 people a day at times when there are many police and local fire brigades.



The search range has been expanded to the neighboring Morotsuka village, such as the site filled with earth and sand, the Tone River flowing nearby and its basin, and the dam downstream.



However, four people were not found, and the village completed a large-scale search in 15 days with the consent of the missing person's family and others, saying that they had searched as much as possible.



Although the scale has been significantly reduced from the 16th, searches in rivers and dams are continuing, centered on local fire brigades.