Hanoi cabbie returns US$7,000 to foreign passenger
A taxi driver in Hanoi returned on November 6 a huge amount of properties including US$7,000 worth of cash to a Greek passenger who left them on his cab last month.
On October 31, Vu Van Kien, a Bac A taxi driver, found a small orange bag containing US$7,000 and KRW1,000 in cash, three savings books and other personal items, left on the side of the front seat after all passengers had left.
The 28-year-old driver then reported the case to Bac A Taxi switchboard.
The taxi operator then cooperated with police in Cau Dien Ward to look for the owner of the lost properties, and managed to find him, Vlassopoulos E.Lefteris, the following day.
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| Vu Van Kien (L) and Vlassopoulos E.Lefteris pose for a photograph next to his taxi in Hanoi on November 6, 2015. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
The 69-year-old Greek national works for the Marine Technical Bureau Co., Ltd., in the northern city of Haiphong.
Lefteris said he had left the money behind shortly after withdrawing them from a bank to cover the company’s costs.
The properties were considered lost as he could not remember the exact license plate or the name of the company which runs the service, he told officers.
The Greek expressed both of his appreciation and surprise to police after receiving the assets back.
Kien, the honest cab driver, was praised and awarded for his action by Bac A Taxi in front of the entire company staff on November 6.