VietNamNet Bridge – A secondary school student who found a handbag containing VND8 million (US$344) in cash turned it over to her school administrator on Tuesday, police in Mekong Dong Thap Province said.

Huong Thuong (middle), who found a handbag containing four taels of gold, cash and mobile phone, returned the bag to the police.— Photo thdt.vn

Le Bao Ngoc found the handbag containing identification papers and cash.

“I think the owner was in difficulty because he or she needed the cash to do something important,” Ngoc told the news website VnExpress.net. As of late Wednesday afternoon, the owner had not been found.

In a similar case, on Sunday, Ho Ly Huong Thuong, a high school student, found a handbag containing four taels of gold, cash and a mobile phone and turned it over to the police, who have yet to locate the owner.

Last year, Thuong found a wallet with more than VND2 million (US$86) and returned it to the owner.

“It’s normal to return the property to the owner,” Thuong told VnExpress.net.

Earlier this month, two students from Giong Giang Primary School in Dong Thap found a cloth bag containing four taels of gold, one necklace, two bracelets and several 24K gold rings.  

They returned the bag to the police who found the owner of the bag after an investigation.

The administrator of the Giong Giang primary school awarded certificates of merit to the two students.

Source: VNS