Lao Cai, Nov. 13 -- Authorities in Sa Pa ward, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, mobilised around 250 people on November 13 to search for a Kuwaiti tourist who has been missing for several days.

The Sa Pa ward police received a request for assistance from the Kuwaiti Embassy on the evening of November 10 regarding Khalid Aldawoud, a 50-year-old Kuwaiti national who had lost contact with his family while travelling in the area.

Aldawoud checked into Green Sapa Homestay on November 5 and was scheduled to stay until November 20. On the morning of November 7, he rented a red-and-black Yamaha PG-1 motorbike, registration number 25AA-526.78, and left the accommodation at around 10am. His whereabouts have remained unknown since.

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