Army lieutenant colonel returns 'lost property' to owner

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of March 14, Lieutenant Colonel Vo Van Sao (born in 1975, Department of Military Service, Military School of Military Region 4) returned a wallet containing more than 6 million VND in cash and many documents to its owner.

Accordingly, on March 5, on the way from Vinh City to his home in Hung Tien Commune, Nam Dan District with his family, Lieutenant Colonel Vo Van Sao picked up a wallet on the side of the road near the turnoff to Hoang Tru Village, Kim Lien. The wallet contained 6,180,000 VND in cash, an ID card, a Party card, a driver's license and many other documents bearing the name of Le Nguyen Giap.

Immediately after that, Mr. Sao tried every way to contact the owner of the wallet to return it. After he posted it on his personal page and it was shared by everyone, on March 13, the owner of the wallet contacted him.

Lieutenant Colonel Vo Van Sao returned the wallet to Le Nguyen Giap. Photo: Xuan Hoa

The owner was identified as Mr. Le Nguyen Giap, currently a police officer at the Provincial Fire Police. On March 5, on the way from his unit to Uncle Ho's hometown to do his duty, Mr. Giap dropped the wallet above.

Receiving his property back, Mr. Giap expressed, "When I lost my wallet and all my documents, I was very worried and searched everywhere. When I heard that someone posted online that they had found the wallet, I was very happy. I thank Mr. Sao very much and hope that his work will spread."

Xuan Hoa