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In the early afternoon of October 29, a foreign guest arrived at the VnExpress office in Ho Chi Minh City.
After the mask, he carefully explained: “My name is Michelle, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. I work in Vietnam. I read the newspaper and I see here that you donate to flood victims in Central Vietnam. So what can I contribute? I want to call friends some goods.
We called a reporter in Quang Nam. She briefly described the scene of the current landslide. Leng tea, posted a video of a muddy field and tried to explain that it was a fourteen-fourteen-roofed residential group in Mo Nong.
Children’s books and study tools are almost empty. Image: Hoang Phuong
To prove that this place used to be a “home”, he added an image from the book “Chemistry 9” with a pen written “Dinh Thi Thanh Thao” covered in mud. The feet are also covered in mud in processed plastic sandals, the wholesale price is more than 10,000 a pair in Dong Xuan market, but the straps are about to break.
The feet of the teachers and students of South Tra My Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities. Image: Hoang Phuong
On October 30, our reporter met with 8 teachers who took 6 students over 35 km from Nam Tra My Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities to Hamlet One, Tra Leng Commune, Nam Tra My District to find a home. The children, sixth through tenth grade, were unaware that their village was buried two days ago. The teachers did not dare to warn them and did not let them go immediately because the road was long and dangerous.
Ho Van Hai, a 10th grader, lost 8 family members, including parents, two younger brothers, brother-in-law, uncle and uncle. Hai couldn’t tell the reporters much, his face was also almost expressionless. Hai remembers coming home last week, her parents telling her to “remember to focus on studying, don’t go out” when she got on the back of her motorcycle back to school. “It turned out that it was the last time I was home,” he said.
Hai’s “home” sign, now his father’s grave, was found and buried right next to the area of the landslide. The slightly protruding ground tissue is collected using three makeshift boards, a packet of cakes, a packet of sweets and some incense sticks. Nearby, several other graves, stocked with packets of instant noodles, cakes, and sweets.
Father Hai’s grave. Image: Hoang Phuong
Another of our reporter met Ho Thi Hoa, a 20-year-old woman who lost seven relatives waiting to find their bodies. He said there was a piece of betel and a quarter of areca fruit, and the shroud for his father to eat there to help cool the people down. The Mo Nong people of this area have a custom of eating betel nuts, young, old and young, all year round. They grow areca and cinnamon for their livelihood. In the forest, there are areca trees. Hoa’s house last week, when the mud didn’t wash her away, had an areca tree in front of her. He went to work at Tam Ky, came home once a week. Son, every time he hears the sound of his mother’s motorcycle, he runs to the root of the bridge. No, baby and the whole house, her parents buried with areca roots. We really don’t know how it will live.
The director of the Quang Nam Department of Education told us that they have not yet accurately counted the number of missing and buried students, but that there were at least three primary school students in Phuoc Loc, Phuoc Son and four in Tra Van and Tra Leng lose life. Teachers say whatever happens, in the immediate future they try to prevent children from dropping out of school after this shock. “Everything is at a hundred,” said the teacher.
The witness recounted the moment of the collapse running. Video: Hoang Phuong – Dac Thanh – Thanh Huyen
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We told Michelle that in Tra Van, two years ago, the Hope Foundation built the school Word slot thanks to the cooperation of readers VnExpress. To ease the shock of children, children who may lead their lives with the question of why they lose friends, loved ones or villages, once again we are planning to return to Quang Nam as soon as possible. help ease the sadness of poor students and families who suffered losses in Tra Van, Tra Leng and the places most affected by this disaster.
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