導(dǎo)讀:該越南旅行團(tuán)21日、23日抵達(dá)高雄后，除一名領(lǐng)隊(duì)外，已有152人脫團(tuán)失聯(lián)。

The Taiwanese authorities are searching for 152 Vietnamese people who arrived on tourist visas last week and have since gone missing.

152名越南人上周持旅游簽證抵達(dá)臺(tái)灣后失蹤了，臺(tái)灣當(dāng)局目前正在搜尋這些人。

The tourists arrived in the southern city of Kaohsiung on 21 and 23 December, but all but one appear to have absconded, officials say.

官員們說，這些游客于12月21日和23日抵達(dá)南部城市高雄，但除了其中一人外，其他人似乎都潛逃了。

Local media reports suggest they may intend to work illegally in Taiwan.

當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w報(bào)道稱他們可能打算在臺(tái)灣非法工作。

Taiwan has waived visa fees for certain visitors from Asian countries including Vietnam, in a bid to boost tourism.

臺(tái)灣免除了包括越南在內(nèi)的亞洲國(guó)家的某些游客的簽證費(fèi)，以促進(jìn)旅游業(yè)。

This is believed to be the largest case of tourists disappearing ever since the visa programme began in 2015.

這可能是自2015年簽證計(jì)劃開始以來游客消失的最大宗案例。

The National Immigration Agency said it had set up a taskforce to investigate the tourists and "the group behind them".

臺(tái)灣移民局表示，已經(jīng)成立了一個(gè)專門小組來調(diào)查這些游客和“他們背后的團(tuán)體”。

If caught, the tourists would be deported and banned from the island for between three and five years, the agency added.

該機(jī)構(gòu)補(bǔ)充說，如果被抓住，這些游客將被驅(qū)逐出境并被禁止進(jìn)入該島三至五年。

Vietnam’s foreign ministry told AFP news agency that it was in contact with Taiwan and would work to ensure that tourism and exchange programmes would not be affected.

越南外交部告訴法新社，它正與臺(tái)灣接觸，并將努力確保旅游和交流計(jì)劃不會(huì)受到影響。

Taiwan is one of Asia’s big traders, and is ranked as one of the richest per capita economies in the region.

臺(tái)灣是亞洲的大貿(mào)易商之一，并被列為在該地區(qū)人均最富裕的經(jīng)濟(jì)體之一。

來源:BBC