Abandoned newborn baby boy with letter in front of temple gate in Long An

(Dan Tri) - People discovered a letter left by the mother next to the abandoned newborn baby boy in front of Long Hoa Pagoda, Thu Thua District ( Long An ).

On December 23, a representative of My Thanh commune (Thu Thua district, Long An province) said that there had just been a case of an abandoned newborn baby in the area. The local authorities temporarily handed the baby over to the nuns of Long Hoa pagoda to care for while they searched for relatives.

The boy and the letter left by his mother (Photo: TT).

At around 7:10 p.m. on December 21, some passersby discovered a 1-month-old baby boy wrapped in a piece of cloth abandoned in front of the gate of Long Hoa Pagoda in Hamlet 5, My Thanh Commune, Thu Thua District.

People checking discovered next to the baby a piece of paper with the mother’s full name written on it. The baby’s mother is a third-year student at a university.

"Due to difficult circumstances, I cannot raise the child. I continue to go to school, so I send the child to the nuns at the temple to raise and help the child grow up. I will not take the child back. I hope the nuns will help raise the child and not send him to another place," the letter read.

The nuns of Long Hoa Pagoda received the child and reported the incident to the People's Committee of My Thanh commune.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/xa-hoi/be-trai-so-sinh-bi-bo-roi-kem-la-thu-truoc-cong-chua-o-long-an-20241223174105402.htm