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DATE: MONDAY, July 16, 1990                   TAG: 9007160124
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BANGKOK, THAILAND                                LENGTH: Short

PRIMITIVE TRIBE REVEALED LIVING IN CENTRAL VIETNAM

A primitive tribe of 169 people whose land was bombed by U.S. planes during the Vietnam War is living deep in caves in the jungles of central Vietnam, state media said Sunday.

Members of the Ruc tribe wear loincloths made of tree bark and "still retain almost intact the main attibutes of cavemen," the official Vietnam News Agency said. It said the tribe lives in the central province of Quang Binh.

The report said the tribe was discovered 30 years ago living in caves by provincial border guards. They began living in villages until American bombings frightened them into returning to cave dwellings.

- Associated Press 


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