On Thursday, a representative from the Da Nang Department of Tourism presented a Certificate of Merit from the department to Mr Vo Thanh Trung, a taxi driver from the Vinasun Green Taxi company.  The driver’s honesty had led to the return of missing property, worth over 300 million VND, to its owner.

Taxi driver Trung (left) (Photo: Internet)

On 30 December last year, after dropping an overseas Vietnamese man at the airport, Trung found a black handbag in his taxi and he immediately reported the find to his company.

The bag contained a 250 million VND Vertu phone, a 1,700 USD iphone 6S, 7.5 million VND in cash, some foreign currency, and some bank cards.  All the missing property was returned to the owner the same day.

The Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Tourism, Mr Tran Chi Cuong, spoke highly of Mr Trung’s action in making the city more beautiful in the eye of visitors from both home and abroad, as well as promoting the city as a safe destination for travellers.