3 poor women found 52 million VND and returned it to the owner

On the morning of June 22, at the headquarters of Ngoc Lam Commune Police, in the presence of police officers, three women, Vi Thi Mau (30 years old), Vi Thi Pa (26 years old), and Vi Thi Am (47 years old), residing in Tan Ngoc village, Ngoc Lam commune, returned the 52 million VND they had found to Nguyen Xuan Giap (37 years old), residing in Hamlet 4, Thanh Huong Commune (Thanh Chuong).

Ms. Vi Thi Mau said that on the night of June 21, she, Ms. Pa and Ms. Am went frog and fish catching to improve their meals. At around 10 pm that night, the three women discovered a raincoat that someone had dropped at Vuon Uom bridge in Thanh Huong commune. Thinking it was a raincoat, Ms. Mau took it home to use. When she got home, she opened it and found many bags of money (counting 52 million VND) and some personal documents of the person who dropped it. That same night, the women contacted the person who dropped the bag of money to return it.

Women in Tan Ngoc village, Ngoc Lam commune return money to the person who lost it. Photo: Huy Thu

The next morning, the women brought the above assets to the Ngoc Lam Commune Police Station. After confirming that Mr. Nguyen Xuan Giap, residing in Thanh Huong Commune, was the owner of the above assets, in the presence of the police officers, the women returned the above money to Mr. Giap.

It is known that the three women, Vi Thi Mau, Vi Thi Pa, and Vi Thi Am, are all poor farmers with difficult family circumstances. Every day, they often work to earn extra income. Mr. Giap, a mechanic, had just received payment from his employer that night when he carelessly hung his money bag on a motorbike hook and it fell while walking on the road. Mr. Giap also posted information about finding lost items on social networks, hoping to get his property back.

Major Nguyen Van Hung - Head of Ngoc Lam Commune Police shared: the women deserve to be commended, because their lives still face many difficulties, they have to go to the market in the evening to improve their daily meals, but when they found a large amount of money, they did not hesitate to immediately find the person who lost it to return it.

Talking about this act, Mr. Vi Van Tuyen - Secretary of the Party Committee of Ngoc Lam commune said: The women are good people doing good deeds in the middle of the vast forest. Although hunger and poverty are surrounding their family, with their honest nature, loving others as they love themselves, thinking about the large amount of money, but it is the sweat and tears of the person who dropped it, so the women still determined to find the person who dropped it and return it./.