Taxi driver returns $7,000 to foreign passenger

November 10, 2015 | 10:35

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Leaving his bag with $7,000 and 3 saving books inside a taxi, a Greek man unexpectedly received his lost assets one week later.

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Driver Vu Van Kien (white shirt) and a Cau Dien Ward policeman give $7,000 back to passenger Lefteris.

On October 31, a driver of Bac A Taxi named Vu Van Kien, 28, took three foreigners from Le Thai To to Phan Boi Chau Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi.

It rained heavily so the three passengers left the taxi hurriedly. Running for a few hundred meters, driver Kien saw an orange cloth bag on the back seat through the mirror.

He returned to Phan Boi Chau Street to return the bag to the passengers but he could not find them. He came back to the company and checked the bag together with his managers. They found $7,000, three savings books and other things inside the bag.

Kien then informed the police Cau Dien Ward, Nam Tu Liem District and the VOV Traffic audio channel to find the owner.

After several days of searching, on November 6 Cau Dien Ward police handed over the property to Vlassopoulos E. Lefteris, 69, who is working in the northern port city of Hai Phong.

Lefteris said he was very surprised to receive the lost bag because he did not expect to find it.

This man has been working at a company in Hai Phong for five months. Every weekend he went to Hanoi to visit his friends or travel.

Vietnamnet

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