Cycle4Girls The Ruc tribe

Plan Vietnam office shared with us some interesting information about the Ruc people, who are considered one of the world's most mysterious tribe in the world.
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/special-reports/114088/the-life-of-the-world-s-most-mysterious-tribe-in-vietnam.html

Some other sources related The "Ruc" people of "Vietnam:

"The Ruc were first discovered by North Vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam War, they still live in caves in the eastern Quang Binh province. The Ruc utilize an elaborate system of caves, spanning some 60,000 meters throughout 17 separate areas. Many chambers in the system are unexplored even today, with locations only known by the elders of the Ruc Tribe. Since the discovery, the Vietnamese government has made many attempts to relocate them.

A few Ruc people have been granted new homes instead of living in caves. They have been also taught with new modes of production by border guards but their basic instinct remains. They still remember caves – where their ancestors lived.

The cave – its ancestry, where they were born, grew up and matured. Today some still return to the cave to satisfy their desire.

Although granted with a house and monthly rice, the caves of To Poc, Ro, Ka Chap and tens of other caves are still the places where they rest whenever they return to the jungle to ease their nostalgia.

Some go to caves every month, with ten days each time or even for a few months.”

Strangely they never lie down to sleep but sit to sleep all night. This is one of the unique ways of survival skills of the Ruc people, which may considered odd and outdated by lowlanders."

We didn't visit their homes in caves in the Phong Nha - Ke Ban National Park, but as part of Plan Nederland Cycle4Girls group we had the privilege to visit the villages where the Ruc people have been relocated to. Most Ruc children now go to school with other village children where they learn to speak Vietnamese and overcome illiteracy. The Ruc children are protected by the Vietnamese government as there had been illegal cases of adoption of these children.

More about the child adoption https://www.brandeis.edu/investigate/adoption/docs/LarsenWilltheRucChildrenComeHome.pdf