Customs at Viet Huong Industrial Zone, southern Province of  Binh Duong detected USD400,000 hidden in a shipping container that was about to be shipped to Taiwan, said Binh Duong custom on February 8.

Customs displays the US$400,000 in a packing tape carton where it was found on the docks at Binh Duong before being shipped to Taiwan. (Photo: Vnexpress)

Binh Duong Custom Office said the money was detected in a container packed with rolls of packing tape from Jorn Technology Co, Ltd.

Two representative of the company Mr. Huang Shao Chi and Mrs. Hsu Lien Hsiang said the money was being sent to Taiwan to pay for materials. They said the company had borrowed some of the US currency and purchased the rest in Cambodia, as the banks in Vietnam couldn’t supply it.

The money is being kept at Binh Duong State Treasury while Binh Duong Custom Office investigates the case.

Jorn Technology Colt has operated as a packing tape manufacturer in Viet Huong Industrial Zone for ten years.