Missing Korean woman found in Vietnam: ”Locals are a benefactor”

An elderly Korean woman who went missing while sightseeing in Phu Quoc, Vietnam due to symptoms of dementia was reunited with her family with the help of a local businessman, a moving story has been reported.
According to Vietnamese media outlets such as Dan Tri on the 5th (local time), at around 6 pm on the 2nd, a fire broke out at the store of Hoang Phuong, who runs a fruit shop on Tran Hung Dao Street in Phu Quoc.
A Korean man, Mr. A, came to visit with a panicked look on his face. Mr. A said, "My mother, who has dementia, disappeared while I was shopping at the supermarket." He wondered if she had passed by in front of him.
"Could you please check the security camera?" he asked for help. Phong immediately checked the store's security camera and rewound the footage based on the photo of his mother that the family had shown him, when he saw his mother with a cane.
When Ms. A shouted in surprise, "It's my mother!", Mr. Phuong immediately put Ms. A on the back of his motorbike and headed in the direction of the security camera.
Phuong posted information about A's mother's disappearance on a community site in the Phu Quoc area and directly asked for cooperation from nearby merchants. One merchant said, "I saw an elderly woman with a cane.
"He passed by about an hour ago," he testified. Based on this information, Phuong drove along three or four major roads and searched for about two hours before finally finding his elderly mother walking along the side of the road.
Mr. Phuong took Mr. A and his mother back to his store and waited with them until the family car came to pick them up. Mr. A offered $500 (about 70,000 yen) as a token of appreciation, but Mr. Phuong
He politely declined, saying, "It's only natural to help." He said, "I couldn't just leave my customers who came from far away in trouble. I wanted to see them happy more than I wanted money."
"I would be happier if she could be found," he said, adding, "I want her to remember the warm hearts of the Vietnamese people." The place where A's mother got lost was about 5 kilometers away from the fruit shop, and the search took about
It took two hours. Local media reported, "Even though they spoke different languages, they were able to communicate through a translator and gestures," and "Phuong's good deeds have been well-received in online communities in Korea and Vietnam."
It has caused great excitement."