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Lieutenant Colonel Bui Tuan Manh - Deputy Head of Dak Rve Commune Police (Quang Ngai Province) - directly directed the search in the area where the incident occurred and found the child after nearly 2 hours of searching. Photo: Thanh Trieu/Ministry of Public Security
Lieutenant Colonel Bui Tuan Manh - Deputy Head of Dak Rve Commune Police (Quang Ngai Province) - directly directed the search in the area where the incident occurred and found the child after nearly 2 hours of searching. Photo: Thanh Trieu/Ministry of Public Security

Commune police in Quang Ngai promptly found a 5-year-old child lost in the forest

Thu Giang (báo lao động) 08/01/2026 08:12 (GMT+7)

After many hours of searching, the Dak Rve Commune Police (Quang Ngai Province) found and brought the 5-year-old boy lost in the forest back to his family.

Information from the Ministry of Public Security, previously at 3:30 p.m. on January 3, Dak Rve Commune Police (Quang Ngai Province) received a report from Mr. Nga Viet Dao (born in 1992, residing in village 1 - Dak Rve Commune) about Mr. Dao going to work on the fields in village 5 - Dak Rve Commune with his child, Y Que Chi (born in 2020).

Due to negligence, Mr. Dao let his child play in the garden and went missing in this area. The time of the incident was around 9:30 a.m., although the family had tried their best to search for it, there were no results.

Immediately after receiving the report, the situation was assessed to be very urgent, the weather began to turn into evening, the terrain was mountainous, the weather was cold and rainy, which could directly threaten the child's life. The Commune Police Command mobilized all Dak Rve Commune Police forces to coordinate with local security and order forces, departments, branches and people in the locality to urgently organize the search.

The forces also divided into many teams, carefully checking each plot of rice fields, ponds, and streams, despite the windy and cold weather. After about 2 hours of tireless search efforts, at 5:00 p.m. the same day, the search force and the family discovered Chi at the top of the hill, about 1km from where she was lost.

Gia dinh chau be Y Que Chi gui thu cam on den Cong an xa Dak Rve (tinh Quang Ngai). Anh: Thanh Trieu/Bo Cong an
The family of baby Y Que Chi sent a letter of thanks to the Dak Rve Commune Police (Quang Ngai Province). Photo: Thanh Trieu/Ministry of Public Security

At the time of her discovery, Chi was in a state of fatigue and panic because she was hungry and cold. Officers and soldiers of Dak Rve Commune Police promptly reassured him and brought him back to his family, and his health is now stable.

moved to see their daughter again, Mr. Dao's family sent their deep thanks for the sense of responsibility and dedication of the Dak Rve Commune Police force.

Through the above incident, the police agency also recommends that families, especially people living and working in rice fields and mountainous areas, need to be vigilant, pay attention, and closely monitor children to avoid the above incidents.

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