Local officials made contact with Ho Van Thanh, 81, and Ho
Van Lang, 41, after villagers reported seeing the pair dressed in
loin cloths.
They survived in a tree house in the rainforest for 40
years on fruit and nuts and scavenging supplies left from the
Vietnam War.
Former soldier Mr Thanh is said to have fled to the
jungle, in the eastern Quang Ngai Province, with then one-year-old
Ho after being traumatised by a bomb that killed three of his
family.
Journalist Tri Tin said: “When I met them, I felt exactly
like I was meeting Tarzan.
"They were naked, wearing only a loincloth like Tarzan,
and their hair was long and dirty. They looked dumb and dazed.”
The father no longer recognises relatives and can only
remember a little of the language of his native Kor ethnic group,
while his son knows just a handful of words.
The pair made their loin cloths out of tree bark and used
pieces of a bomb as a knife.
Officials have arranged for them to have medical check-ups
before re-integrating them into society.
Ho in purple shirt, his father in stretcher.
