Abducted pregnant Vietnamese older than previously suspected

Police have confirmed that an abducted pregnant girl, whose story received wide attention on social media, is Vietnamese and is 19 years old, not 12 years old as she originally claimed.

According to the Ministry of Public Security's criminal investigation bureau, Vietnam authorities who were asked to help with the investigation confirmed that the girl is Vietnamese and was born in 1997.

The ministry has formed a special team with the Xuzhou Public Security Bureau in Jiangsu province to further investigate the case, according to the ministry's Weibo account.