On January 2, information from Thanh Hoa Provincial Police said that Dong Quang Ward Police had just verified and returned nearly 40 million VND to the person who forgot it at the ATM.
Previously, at about 5 pm on December 31, 2025, at a MB Bank ATM on Tran Phu street, Hac Thanh ward, Mr. Tran Van An (born 1997, residing in Tan Son street, Dong Quang ward) while coming to transact discovered money left behind in the machine slot. The money included 59 banknotes with a face value of 500,000 VND and 100 banknotes with a face value of 100,000 VND, total value of 39.5 million VND.
Immediately after that, Mr. An brought all the money to Dong Quang Ward Police to hand over, asking the police force to find the person who dropped it to return it.
Upon receiving the incident, Dong Quang Ward Police quickly coordinated with relevant units to extract camera footage from the ATM area, review previous transactions, and post information on social networking sites to find the owner of the money.
In a short time, the police force identified the person who dropped it and completed the handover procedures according to regulations.
Directly receiving the money back, Ms. Le Thi Hop (born in 1989, residing in Hoang Hoa commune) said that on the afternoon of December 31, she went to the ATM to deposit 40 million VND into the account. Due to incorrect operation, the machine did not receive the money and only returned a 500,000 VND bill.
Thinking that the transaction was unsuccessful, she took the banknote and left without knowing that there were still 39.5 million VND left in the phone slot. When the police contacted her, she discovered that she had carelessly forgotten the money.
Receiving the property back, Ms. Hop was moved and thanked Mr. Tran Van An and Dong Quang Ward Police.
