Staff members at a dumping site in the southern province of Binh Thuan found gold jewellery worth over a tael among 20 tonnes of rubbish.
The gold jewellery found at the dump
Le Dinh Yen, Vice director of Phu Quy Waste Recycling and Treatment in Phu Quy District told local media on March 21 that they had discovered jewellery worth over a tael of gold.According to Yen, a woman came to his company at 7 am on March 20 to ask for help looking for jewellery that her daughter had accidentally thrown into the dustbin.
"We immediately sent staff members and machines to look for the jewellery among 20 tonnes of rubbish," he said. "We finally find the jewellery after about 10 hours of searching."
The company returned the gold to the woman at 5.30 pm the same day.