Tran Thi Hue (second left) found her relatives after 24 years. — Photo provided by the hospital

A 58-year-old woman recently found her relatives after 24 years apart at a COVID-19 quarantine area of Lang Son Province’s General Hospital.

On July 17, Tran Thi Hue was reunited with her family.

Tran The Nguyen, Hue's brother, said in tears, Hue was trafficked to China in 1996.

During that time, the family informed local authorities of the incident and tried to find Hue for many years but to no avail.

According to the hospital, on July 3, Hue was among a group of Vietnamese people transferred back to the country by China's Guangxi Province police. She had been found by local police.

She was quarantined and monitored at Lang Son Province’s General Hospital.

When she was admitted to the hospital, she showed signs of being mentally disturbed but after treatment, her illness improved. Doctors and nurses asked her about her family address and contacted authorities to find her relatives.

Nguyen said, on July 16, the family heard from the hospital about Hue and recognised her.

And early on July 17, at the hospital, when Hue saw a commemorative photo of the whole family from 24 years ago, she recognised her relatives.

Her 94-year-old mother cried tears of joy when she welcomed home the daughter she thought she would have never seen again.  VNS

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