A newborn baby was reported to be nearly buried alive
with his dead mother in a mountain village in Quang Binh province in central
Vietnam.

On December 5, Ho Thi Lon, 37, a Chut ethinic minority woman in Ka Ai village in
Dan Hoa commune, Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh province died from hermorrhaging
after delivering a son.

According to Stieng people’s beliefs, the baby was a omen and he must be buried
alive. Under this unsound custom, the family decided to bury the baby with his
mother.

The border guards at the Cha Lo International Border Gate knew the case and
timely went to the village to save the baby.

They persuaded the family and the villagers that the baby was innocent in his
mother’s death and the baby was adopted by his aunt.

Recently a similar case happened in Binh Phuoc Province with a newborn baby of a
Stieng family. The baby was also timely rescued by local police as he was about
to be buried.

PV